Proverbs 15:9

“The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the Lord, etc.] The way his heart devises, which he chooses and delights in, in which he walks; nor will he leave it, nor can he be diverted from it, but by the powerful grace of God. This is a way not good, but evil, and so an abomination to the Lord; and the whole tenor and course of his life, which is meant by his way being evil: hence his sacrifices, and all his external duties of religion performed by him, are abominable to the Lord; for, while he continues in a course of sin, all his religious exercises will be of no avail, cannot be pleasing and acceptable to God; but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness; either after a…”

“The way: Pro 4:19, Pro 21:4, Pro 21:8; Psa 1:6, Psa 146:8, Psa 146:9; Mat 7:13; Jer 44:4; Hab 1:13 he loveth: Pro 21:21; Isa 26:7, Isa 51:1, Isa 51:7; Hos 6:3; Ti1 6:11; Ti2 2:22 Proverbs 15:10”