Proverbs 21:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jer 7:11-12 : 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD. 12 But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
  • 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.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
  • Isa 1:11-16 : 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. 16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
  • 1 Sam 13:12-13 : 12 Therefore I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD; I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now the LORD would have established your kingdom upon Israel forever.
  • 1 Sam 15:21-23 : 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king.
  • Ps 50:8-9 : 8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before Me. 9 I will take no bull from your house, nor goats from your folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is Mine, and all its fullness. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

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

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

  • Prov 21:3-4
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    3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 26 He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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

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

  • 7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

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

  • 1 You 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • 28 An ungodly witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

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

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

  • 30 That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • 18 The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

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

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

  • 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable?

  • 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • 8 And 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.

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    25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

    26 Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

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

  • 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Ps 51:16-17
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    16 For you do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it; you do not delight in burnt offering.

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

  • 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.

  • 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?

  • 4 A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • 1 The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • 27 An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

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

  • 10 The wicked shall see it and be grieved; he shall gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • 21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

  • 23 Who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • 15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

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

  • 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • 24 He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.