Proverbs 6:16
Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
In Context
17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:18You shall not offer money from a prostitute, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord your God, no matter what you may have vowed. For both of these are an abomination with the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 25:16For the Lord your God abominates him who does these things, and he loathes all injustice.
Job 5:19He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.
Psalms 11:5They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
Proverbs 11:20A depraved heart is abominable to the Lord. And his will is with those who walk in simplicity.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:13-20
The Seven Abominations. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that… Read the whole commentary →