Proverbs 21:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?

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  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 He that killeth a bullocke, is as if he slewe a man: he that sacrificeth a sheepe, as if he cut off a dogges necke: he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swines blood: he that remembreth incense, as if he blessed an idole: yea, they haue chosen their owne wayes, and their soule deliteth in their abominations.
  • Jer 6:20 : 20 To what purpose bringest thou mee incense from Sheba, and sweete calamus from a farre countrey? Your burnt offerings are not pleasant, nor your sacrifices sweete vnto me.
  • Jer 7:11-12 : 11 Is this House become a denne of theeues, whereupon my Name is called before your eyes? Beholde, euen I see it, sayeth the Lord. 12 But go ye nowe vnto my place which was in Shilo, where I set my Name at the beginning, and beholde, what I did to it for the wickednesse of my people Israel.
  • Amos 5:21-22 : 21 I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smell in your solemne assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me burnt offrings & meat offrings, I wil not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offrings of your fat beasts.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth away his eare fro hearing the Law, euen his prayer shalbe abominable.
  • Isa 1:11-16 : 11 What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lorde? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, & of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates. 12 When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts? 13 Bring no mo oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies. 14 My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them. 15 And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill.
  • 1 Sam 13:12-13 : 12 Therefore said I, The Philistims will come downe nowe vpon me to Gilgal, and I haue not made supplication vnto the Lorde. I was bolde therefore and offred a burnt offring. 13 And Samuel saide to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandement of the Lorde thy God, which he commaunded thee: for the Lord had nowe stablished thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer.
  • 1 Sam 15:21-23 : 21 But the people tooke of the spoyle, sheepe, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which shoulde haue bene destroyed, to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes. 23 For rebellion is as the sinne of withcraft, and transgression is wickednesse and idolatrie. Because thou hast cast away the worde of the Lord, therefore hee hath cast away thee from being King.
  • Ps 50:8-9 : 8 I wil not reproue thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, that haue not bene continually before me. 9 I will take no bullocke out of thine house, nor goates out of thy foldes. 10 For all the beastes of the forest are mine, and the beastes on a thousand mountaines. 11 I knowe all the foules on the mountaines: and the wilde beastes of the fielde are mine. 12 If I bee hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and all that therein is. 13 Will I eate the flesh of bulles? or drinke the blood of goates?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.

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  • Prov 29:27
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    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 21:3-4
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    3To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.

    4A hautie looke, and a proude heart, which is the light of the wicked, is sinne.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26The thoughts of ye wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure haue pleasant wordes.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10The soule of the wicked wisheth euill: and his neighbour hath no fauour in his eyes.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.

  • Deut 17:1
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    1Thou shalt offer vnto the Lorde thy God no bullocke nor sheepe wherein is blemish or any euill fauoured thing: for that is an abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • Isa 66:3
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    3He that killeth a bullocke, is as if he slewe a man: he that sacrificeth a sheepe, as if he cut off a dogges necke: he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swines blood: he that remembreth incense, as if he blessed an idole: yea, they haue chosen their owne wayes, and their soule deliteth in their abominations.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A wicked witnes mocketh at iudgement, & the mouth of ye wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie.

  • Deut 25:16
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    16For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

  • Job 21:30
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    30But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.

  • Mic 6:10
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    10Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Mal 1:8
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    8And if yee offer the blinde for sacrifice, it is not euill: and if ye offer the lame and sicke, it is not euill: offer it nowe vnto thy prince: will he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saieth the Lord of hostes?

  • Prov 26:25-26
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    25Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.

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  • Prov 13:5
    70%

    5A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame.

  • Prov 6:17
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    17The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Ps 51:16-17
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    70%

    16For thou desirest no sacrifice, though I would giue it: thou delitest not in burnt offering.

    17The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit: a contrite and a broken heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

  • Prov 20:23
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    23Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

  • Job 15:16
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    16How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?

  • Prov 17:4
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    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner?

  • Ps 36:1
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    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the Lord. Wickednes sayeth to the wicked man, euen in mine heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

  • Prov 16:12
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    12It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked shall see it and be angrie: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.