Proverbs 21:27

The offerings of wicked men (or The offerings of the wicked), that be offered (out) of great trespass, be abominable.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 he coveteth and desireth; but he that is a just man, shall give, and shall not cease. (All day long he wanteth, and longeth for; but he who is righteous, shall give, and shall never cease to give.)

28A false witness shall perish; a man obedient shall speak victory (or but an honest person shall speak, and be rewarded).

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Cross References

1 Samuel 13:12I said, Now (the) Philistines shall come down to me in (to) Gilgal, and I have not pleased the face of the Lord; (and so) I was compelled by need, and I offered (a) burnt sacrifice to the Lord.

Psalms 50:8I shall not reprove thee in thy sacrifices; and thy burnt sacrifices be ever [more] before me. (I shall not rebuke thee for thy sacrifices, and for thy burnt sacrifices, that be before me forevermore./Shall I not rebuke thee for thy sacrifices, and for thy burnt sacrifices, that be before me forevermore?)

Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of wicked men be abominable to the Lord; the avows of just men be pleasant. (The sacrifices of the wicked be abominable to the Lord; but the vows of the righteous be pleasing to him.)

Isaiah 1:11Whereto offer ye to me the multitude of your sacrifices? saith the Lord. I am full; I would not the burnt sacrifices of wethers (or I do not desire the burnt sacrifices of rams), and the inner fatness of fat beasts, and the blood of calves, and of lambs, and of bucks of goats.

Jeremiah 6:20Whereto bring ye to me incense from Sheba, and a tree of spicery smelling sweetly from a far land? Your burnt sacrifices be not accepted, and your slain sacrifices pleased not me, (or I will not accept your burnt sacrifices, and your slain sacrifices do not please me).

Amos 5:21I hated and casted away your feast days, and I shall not take the odour of your companies. (I hated and threw away your feast days, and I shall not receive the aroma from your offerings.)

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 →

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