Proverbs 6:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֶׁשׁ־הֵ֭נָּה שָׂנֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַע *תועבות **תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

Transliteration

Six-of-them śānēʾ YHWH and-seven tôʿăvat napšô

Grammar Details

• *śānēʾ*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he hates
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *tôʿăvat*: noun, feminine singular construct - abomination of
• *napšô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul

Word Meanings

• *śānēʾ*: hates/detests
• *tôʿăvat*: abomination of/detestable thing of

Referenced Verses

• Deut 25:16 : 16 For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.
• Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.
• Prov 3:32 : 32 for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
• Prov 11:1 : 1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
• Prov 11:20 : 20 The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.
• Prov 15:8-9 : 8 The LORD abhors the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him. 9 The LORD abhors the way of the wicked, but he will love those who pursue righteousness.
• Prov 17:15 : 15 The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
• Prov 30:18 : 18 There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand:
• Prov 30:21 : 21 Under three things the earth has trembled, and under four things it cannot bear up:
• Deut 18:10-12 : 10 There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer, 11 one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer. 12 Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.
• Prov 30:24 : 24 There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
• Prov 30:29 : 29 There are three things that are magnificent in their step, four things that move about magnificently:
• Amos 1:3 : 3 This is what the LORD says:“Because Damascus has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth.
• Amos 1:6 : 6 This is what the LORD says:“Because Gaza has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They deported a whole community and sold them to Edom.
• Amos 1:9 : 9 This is what the LORD says:“Because Tyre has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood.
• Amos 1:11 : 11 This is what the LORD says:“Because Edom has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
• Amos 2:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says:“Because Moab has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime.
• Amos 2:4 : 4 This is what the LORD says:“Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the LORD’s law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.
• Amos 2:6 : 6 God Will Judge Israel This is what the LORD says:“Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.
• Rev 21:27 : 27 but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
• Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.
• Prov 20:23 : 23 The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.
• Deut 23:18 : 18 You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the LORD your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the LORD your God.
• Deut 24:4 : 4 her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the LORD. You must not bring guilt on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.