Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more when he bringeth it with an evil design!
Noyes 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
26The covetous man coveteth all the day long; But the righteous man giveth, and doth not withhold.
28A false witness shall perish; But a man that hearkeneth shall speak forever.
Cross References
Psalms 50:8I reprove thee not on account of thy sacrifices; For thy burnt-offerings are ever before me.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD; But the prayer of the righteous is his delight.
Isaiah 1:11What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah; I am satiated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; In the blood of bullocks and of lambs and of goats I have no delight.
Jeremiah 6:20To what purpose is incense brought to me from Sheba, And the sweet-smelling reed from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, Nor are your sacrifices sweet to me.
Amos 5:21I hate, I despise your feasts; I have no delight in 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 →