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Proverbs 15:26

The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Note pleasant…: Heb. words of pleasantness

KJV · King James Version
The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
WEB · World English Bible
Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words are pure.
ASV · American Standard Version

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Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

thoughts
Proverbs 6:16–19; Proverbs 24:9; Jeremiah 4:14; Matthew 15:19
but
Proverbs 15:23; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 37:30, 31; Psalm 45:1; Matthew 12:34–37