Proverbs 15:26 (BSB)

The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

From Proverbs 15. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 15:26

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 15:26: The former part of this verse speaks of thoughts, the latter of words, but they come all to one; for thoughts are words to God, and words are judged of by the thoughts from which they proceed, so that, 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 15:26: The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,.... They are known unto the Lord, who is the searcher of the heart, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of it; he knows they are vain and sinful, yea, that they are only evil, and that continually, and therefore are hateful and abominable to him; it may be rendered "the thoughts of...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 15:26: are pleasant words--that is, pleasing to God (Pro 8:8-9).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 15:26: The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words. (h) That is, wholesome and profitable to the hearers.