Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?
Geneva Bible 1599
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
26He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
28A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:12Therefore said I, The Philistims will come downe nowe vpon me to Gilgal, and I haue not made supplication vnto the Lord. I was bolde therefore and offred a burnt offring.
Psalms 50:8I wil not reproue thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, that haue not bene continually before me.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.
Isaiah 1:11What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.
Jeremiah 6:20To what purpose bringest thou mee incense from Sheba, and sweete calamus from a farre countrey? Your burnt offerings are not pleasant, nor your sacrifices sweete vnto me.
Amos 5:21I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smelll in your solemne 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 →