Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifices given by the wicked are obnoxious, worse still when they're offered with evil motives.
Free Bible Version
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
26Some people only want more and more all the time, but the good give generously.
28The lies of a false witness vanish away, but the words of a reliable witness will stand.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:12I said to myself, ‘The Philistines are about to attack me at Gilgal, and I haven't asked the Lord for his help.’ So I felt I had to present the burnt offering myself.”
Psalms 50:8I'm not complaining about your sacrifices or burnt offerings that you offer all the time.
Proverbs 15:8The Lord hates the sacrifices of the wicked, but he loves the prayers of the good.
Isaiah 1:11What use are all your many sacrifices to me? asks the Lord. I am sick and tired of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of sacrificial animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats!
Jeremiah 6:20What's the point of offering me frankincense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a faraway land? I don't accept your burnt offerings; I'm not pleased with your sacrifices.
Amos 5:21I hate, I despise your festivals and take no delight in your religious 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 →