Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
Berean Standard Bible
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
26All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:12I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
Psalms 50:8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Jeremiah 6:20What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn 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 →