Proverbs 15:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

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  • Prov 15:29 : 29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You.
  • Jer 6:20 : 20 To what purpose does incense come to me from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.
  • Isa 1:10-15 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals; and I delight not in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 61:8 : 8 For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
  • Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat. 22 For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 But this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.
  • John 4:24 : 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
  • Ps 17:1 : 1 Hear my plea, O LORD, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
  • Song 2:14 : 14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.
  • Amos 5:21-22 : 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:9
    83%

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Prov 21:27
    83%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?

  • Prov 11:20
    78%

    20Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.

  • Prov 15:28-29
    2 verses
    76%

    28The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

    29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

  • Prov 29:27
    75%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 15:26
    75%

    26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Ps 51:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16For you do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it; you do not delight in burnt offering.

    17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

  • Prov 21:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

    4A proud look, a haughty heart, and the plowing of the wicked are sin.

  • Prov 3:32
    72%

    32For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

  • Ps 10:3
    72%

    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

  • Prov 28:9
    71%

    9He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

  • Prov 11:1
    71%

    1A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

  • Prov 17:15
    71%

    15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Prov 16:12
    71%

    12It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Prov 12:22
    70%

    22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

  • Ps 5:4
    69%

    4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with you.

  • Ps 11:5
    69%

    5The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.

  • Prov 21:18
    69%

    18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Prov 11:23
    69%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Ps 1:6
    68%

    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
    68%

    12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

  • Deut 25:16
    68%

    16For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Ps 51:19
    68%

    19Then you shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then they shall offer bulls on your altar.

  • Prov 12:6
    68%

    6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

  • Prov 10:29
    68%

    29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 14:11
    68%

    11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Isa 66:3
    68%

    3He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 4:5
    68%

    5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

  • Prov 21:10
    68%

    10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • Mal 1:8
    68%

    8And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept you? says the LORD of hosts.

  • Deut 17:1
    67%

    1You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God any bull or sheep that has a blemish or any defect, for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Prov 6:16
    67%

    16These six things the LORD hates: yes, seven are an abomination to him:

  • Prov 16:5
    67%

    5Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though they join hand in hand, they shall not go unpunished.

  • Prov 8:7
    67%

    7For my mouth will speak truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

  • Prov 17:23
    67%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 12:2
    67%

    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • Ps 11:7
    67%

    7For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.

  • Prov 8:13
    67%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 14:19
    67%

    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 7:9
    67%

    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

  • Prov 21:29
    67%

    29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • Ps 34:21
    67%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Prov 29:10
    67%

    10The bloodthirsty hate the upright; but the just seek his life.

  • Prov 10:32
    66%

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.