Proverbs 6:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Deut 25:16 : 16 For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
  • Prov 11:20 : 20 Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.
  • Prov 15:8-9 : 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.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
  • Prov 30:18 : 18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, indeed four which I do not know:
  • Prov 30:21 : 21 For three things the earth is disturbed, and for four it cannot bear:
  • Deut 18:10-12 : 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.
  • Prov 30:24 : 24 There are four things which are small on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
  • Prov 30:29 : 29 There are three things that go well, indeed four that are comely in going:
  • Amos 1:3 : 3 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with instruments of iron:
  • Amos 1:6 : 6 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
  • Amos 1:9 : 9 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and did not remember the brotherly covenant:
  • Amos 1:11 : 11 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever:
  • Amos 2:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
  • Amos 2:4 : 4 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept His commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after which their fathers walked:
  • Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes:
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 And nothing unclean shall ever enter into it, nor anyone who practices abomination or a lie: but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.
  • Deut 23:18 : 18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
  • Deut 24:4 : 4 Her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she is defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.

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  • Prov 6:17-18
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    17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

    18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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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.

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

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

  • Prov 6:14-15
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    14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

    15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

  • Ps 5:5-6
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    5 The foolish shall not stand in your sight; you hate all workers of iniquity.

    6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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

  • Prov 16:5-6
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    5 Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though they join hand in hand, they shall not go unpunished.

    6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil.

  • 26 Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you become a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

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

  • 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.

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

  • 8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, says the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

  • 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.

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

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable?

    11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

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

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

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

  • 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.

  • 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

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

  • 36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.

  • 1 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

  • 6 I have hated those that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

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

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

  • 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Ps 139:21-22
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    21 Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against You?

    22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.

  • 4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

  • 11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD; how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?

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

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

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

  • 3 You shall not eat any abominable thing.

  • 22 Neither shall you set up for yourself any image, which the LORD your God hates.

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

  • 27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;

  • 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

  • 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

  • 163 I hate and abhor lying, but I love Your law.

  • 19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.