Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly. + 21:27 Or, unlawfully.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
In Context
28A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:12Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Galgala, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole-burnt-offering.
Psalms 50:8For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.
Isaiah 1:11Of what value to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? saith the Lord: I am full of whole-burnt-offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats:
Jeremiah 6:20Wherefore do ye bring me frankincense from Saba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole-burnt-offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me.
Amos 5:21I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell your meat-offerings in your general assemblies.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:26-27
25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. Here we have, 1. The miseries of the slothful, whose hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood. They are as fit for labour as other men, and business offers itself, to which they might lay their hands and apply their minds, but they will not; herein they fondly think they do well for themselves, see ch. xxvi.… Read the whole commentary →