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Proverbs 21:27
27The Lord hates it when wicked people offer sacrifices to him. He hates it even more when they do it with an evil purpose.
Proverbs 21:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
- New International Version (NIV)The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with evil intent!
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wicked intent!
Context of Proverbs 21:27
25Lazy people want many things but they refuse to work, so they are killing themselves. 26They think only about more things that they want for themselves. But righteous people are happy to give their things to other people. The Lord hates it when wicked people offer sacrifices to him. He hates it even more when they do it with an evil purpose. 28Anyone who tells lies in court will come to nothing. But if someone listens to the truth, his report will remain for ever. 29Wicked people do not show what they are really thinking. But righteous people think carefully about what they are doing.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:27 word by word
זֶ֣בַח רְ֭שָׁעִים תּוֹעֵבָ֑ה אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־בְזִמָּ֥ה יְבִיאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:27
- Proverbs 15:8When wicked people offer sacrifices to the Lord, he hates it. But he is pleased when good people pray to him.
- Proverbs 28:9If you refuse to listen to God's law, God will refuse to listen to your prayers.
- 1 Samuel 13:12I thought that they would come to attack me at Gilgal. I thought, “Before they do that, I must ask the Lord to help us in the fight.” Because of that, I had to offer the burnt offering to him.’
- 1 Samuel 15:21But the army did not kill all the sheep and cows that they took from the Amalekites. They brought the best animals to offer as a sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.’
- Psalms 50:8You offer sacrifices and burnt offerings to me all the time but that is not why I speak against you.
- Isaiah 1:11The Lord says, ‘All your sacrifices are not important to me. I have received too many sacrifices that you have burned as gifts to me. I have received too many sheep and fat animals. I do not want any more blood from bulls, goats and lambs that you have offered to me as sacrifices. They do not give me any pleasure.
- Isaiah 66:3You may kill a bull as a sacrifice to me, but you might also kill a man. You may offer a lamb to me as a sacrifice, but you might also break a dog's neck to offer to your idols. You may give me a grain offering, but you also offer pigs' blood. You may burn incense to worship me but you also worship false gods. Yes, these people have chosen how they want to live. They love to do these disgusting things.
- Jeremiah 6:20They may offer to me sweet incense that comes from Sheba. But that does not please me. The spices that they bring from lands far away do not please me either. I will not accept the burnt offerings or other sacrifices that they offer to me.’
- Jeremiah 7:11This is my temple! It is not a place where robbers can hide and be safe. Listen to me! I have seen the things that you have done.” That is what the Lord says.
- Amos 5:21The Lord says, ‘When you have your festivals, I hate them! When you meet to worship me, it does not make me happy!
- Proverbs 9:9If you teach a wise person, he will become even more wise. If you teach a righteous person, he will learn whatever you tell him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27When he bringeth it with a wicked mind? - If such a person even bring the sacrifices and offerings which God requires, they are an abomination to him, because the man is wicked; and if such offerings be imperfect in themselves, or of goods ill-gotten, or offered by constraint of custom, etc., they are doubly abominable.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27A lower depth even than Proverbs 15:8. The wicked man may connect his devotion with his guilt, offer his sacrifice and vow his vow (as men have done under paganism or corrupted Christianity) for success in the perpetration of a crime.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27Verse 27 When holiness is pretended, but wickedness intended, that especially is an abomination.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. God regards the heart, and hypocrisy is more odious than open inconsistency. wicked mind--or, "design" (Pr 1:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- 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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