For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
The froward are the morally crooked, and they are an abomination to the Lord who rejects them. In its context the statement warns against envying the oppressor and against choosing any of his ways. In the larger setting of the chapter, rejecting instruction and reproof instead of choosing wisdom leads to ruin, for wisdom is the path of life while breaking spiritual laws brings spiritual disease and death.
His secret being with the righteous means the Lord shares what he has revealed, giving the righteous his intimate counsel and fellowship. That secret does not mean the fullness of his unsearchable wisdom. Those who humbly ask and earnestly seek can learn the reasons for his acts of judgment.
The froward are the morally crooked, and they are an abomination to the Lord who rejects them. In its context the statement warns against envying the oppressor and against choosing any of his ways. In the larger setting of the chapter, rejecting instruction and reproof instead of choosing wisdom leads to ruin, for wisdom is the path of life while breaking spiritual laws brings spiritual disease and death.
His secret being with the righteous means the Lord shares what he has revealed, giving the righteous his intimate counsel and fellowship. That secret does not mean the fullness of his unsearchable wisdom. Those who humbly ask and earnestly seek can learn the reasons for his acts of judgment.