Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable; 1 it is even more detestable when he brings it with evil motives. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 craves and craves more, 1 but the righteous person gives and does not hold back. 1
28A false witness will perish, 1 but the one who listens will speak for all time. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:12I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of Yahweh.' So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”
Psalms 50:8I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; 1 your burnt offerings are always before me. 1
Proverbs 15:8Yahweh hates the sacrifices of wicked people, 1 but the prayer of upright people is his delight. 1
Isaiah 1:11“What is the multitude of your sacrifices to me?” says Yahweh. 1 “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fatted beasts; 1 and in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats I do not delight. 1
Jeremiah 6:20“What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me? Or these sweet smells from a distant land? 1 Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me, nor are your sacrifices. 1
Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your festivals, 1 I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. 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 →