Proverbs 6:16
These sixe things doeth the Lord hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
In Context
15Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.
17The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:18Thou shalt neyther bring the hyre of a whore, nor the price of a dogge into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for euen both these are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 25:16For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.
Job 5:19He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
Psalms 11:5The Lord will try the righteous: but the wicked and him that loueth iniquitie, doeth his soule hate.
Proverbs 8:13The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.
Proverbs 11:20They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:13-20
The Seven Abominations. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that… Read the whole commentary →