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An abomination of Yahweh is the way of the wicked,
    but he who pursues righteousness he will love.
10 Severe discipline belongs to him who forsakes the way;
    he who hates a rebuke will die.
11 Sheol[a] and Abaddon[b] are before Yahweh,
    how much more[c] the hearts of the children of men!

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:11 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
  2. Proverbs 15:11 Poetic synonym for “Sheol.” Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.
  3. Proverbs 15:11 Literally “more for”