Proverbs 8:13 (BSB)

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

From Proverbs 8. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 8:13

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 8:12-21: Wisdom here is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word and Christ in the heart, not only Christ revealed to us, but Christ revealed in us. It is the word of God, the whole compass of divine revelation; it is God the Word, in whom all divine revelation centres; it is the soul formed...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 8:13: The fear of the Lord is to hate evil,.... All evil in general, evil thoughts, evil words, evil actions, evil company, evil worship, and evil doctrines; and by "the fear of the Lord", which shows itself in an hatred of evil, because of the loathsome nature of it, and being contrary to God and his will, and as it appears in the glass of the...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 8:13: For such is the effect of the fear of God, by which hatred to evil preserves from it. froward mouth--or, "speech" (Pro 2:12; Pro 6:14).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 8:13: The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate. (e) So that he who does not hate evil, does not fear God.