American Standard Version
Proverbs 6:16
16There are six things which Jehovah hateth;Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 6:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
- New International Version (NIV)There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:
- English Standard Version (ESV)There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:
- New King James Version (NKJV)These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
Context of Proverbs 6:16
14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord. 15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy. There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: 17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood; 18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:16 word by word
שֶׁשׁ־הֵ֭נָּה שָׂנֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַע תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:16
- Proverbs 8:13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
- Proverbs 30:18There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:
- Amos 1:3Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.
- Amos 2:1Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
- Proverbs 3:32For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
- Proverbs 11:1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
- Proverbs 20:10Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
- Deuteronomy 18:10There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
- Deuteronomy 23:18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
- Deuteronomy 24:4her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Jehovah: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 25:16For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
- Revelation 21:27and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Psalms 11:5Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16These six - doth the Lord hate - A proud look - exalted eyes; those who will not condescend to look on the rest of mankind. A lying tongue - he who neither loves nor tells truth. Hands that shed innocent blood, whether by murder or by battery. A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations - the heart that fabricates such, lays the foundation, builds upon it, and completes the superstructure of iniquity. Feet that be swift in running to mischief - he who works…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 A new section, but not a new subject. The closing words, “he that soweth discord” (Proverbs 6:19, compare Proverbs 6:14), lead us to identify the sketch as taken from the same character. With the recognized Hebrew form of climax (see Proverbs 30:15, Proverbs 30:18, Proverbs 30:24; Amos 1:1-15; 2; Job 5:19), the teacher here enumerates six qualities as detestable, and the seventh as worse than all (seven represents completeness), but all the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-19The first line shows a number, and the second line increases it by one. This method, called number parallelism, introduces a list of items. It often highlights the most important final item (see also Proverbs 30:15–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. six ... seven--a mode of speaking to arrest attention (Pr 30:15, 18; Job 5:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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