Proverbs 15:26 (WEB)

Passage

Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 15:24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

Proverbs 15:25 Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

Proverbs 15:26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

Proverbs 15:27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "detests", "thoughts", "wicked", "pure", and "pleasing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "detests", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Yahweh will uproot the house of the..." into verse 27's "He who is greedy for gain troubles...", so "yahweh" and "detests" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "yahweh" and "detests" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.