Proverbs 15:26
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
תּוֹעֵבַה
tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Study H4284 →תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
Study H8441 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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