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Proverbs 16:5

World English Bible

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh:
they shall certainly not be unpunished.

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Proverbs 16:5 in other translations

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 16:5 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 16:5 in context

  1. 3Commit your deeds to Yahweh,
    and your plans shall succeed.
  2. 4Yahweh has made everything for its own end—
    yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
  3. 5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh:
    they shall certainly not be unpunished.
  4. 6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.
    By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
  5. 7When a man’s ways please Yahweh,
    he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.