Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: 2 how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind! 1
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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
26There are those who covet greedily all day long; 2 but the upright give and don’t withhold. 1
28A false witness will perish, 2 and a man who sh'ma ·hears obeys· speaks to eternity. 1
Cross References
Psalms 50:8I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. 2 Your burnt offerings are continually before me. 1
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Adonai, 2 but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 1
Isaiah 1:11“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?,” says Adonai. 2 “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, 2 and the fat of fed animals. 2 I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, 2 or of lambs, 2 or of male goats. 1
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 →