The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.
The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them.
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.
And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn;
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:
To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.
For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
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