The fear of the Lord is to hate evil.. Proverbs 8:13a Evil is in opposition to God’s divine nature and His will. We honor God and are wise when we carefully abstain from all sin, not from carnal or prudential motives, but from a true dislike and hatred of it. Joseph Benson, 1749-1821, English Methodist minister
Pride . I hate. Proverbs 8:13b Pride is spiritual cancer; it eats the very possibility of love or contentment, or even common sense. C.S. Lewis, 1898–1963
.arrogance .. I hate. Proverbs 8:13c An unbroken will is self-assertive and impervious to either the feelings or wishes of his fellows. Arthur Pink, 1886-1952, Christian evangelist and Biblical scholar
.the perverted mouth, I hate. Proverbs 8:13d
Cunning is the artful use of words to conceal our own defects, and discover other people's weaknesses. William Hazlitt, 1778-1830, English writer, drama literary critic, painter, social commentator, philosopher
Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power. Proverbs 8:14
He delights in caring for us and His truth and faithfulness will perform all that He has undertaken on our behalf. From this conviction we can commit all our concerns to him to be ordered and overruled as He in his infinite wisdom shall see best. Charles Simeon, 1759-1836, English evangelical clergyman