Proverbs 8:13
To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

I’ve been keeping a list of the things I’ve found that God loves, delights in, or that please Him. Now here are things that He hates. Humility (the opposite of pride and arrogance) seems to be really, really important to Him, doesn’t it? And that humility can be so painful to our Self-ness. But it opens us up to God in amazing ways we couldn’t foresee. “Evil behavior” I don’t need to comment on — there are lists of it in the Bible — gossip, lying, sexual sin, etc., etc. But, oh, that “perverse speech.” Ouch Ouch Ouch. Maybe we’ll tackle that next, after this proverb. It deserves more time.


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