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Proverbs 21:27
27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with evil intent!
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?
- 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!
- New Living Translation (NLT)The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable, especially when it is offered with wrong motives.
Context of Proverbs 21:27
25The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work. 26All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing. The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with evil intent! 28A false witness will perish, but a careful listener will testify successfully. 29The wicked put up a bold front, but the upright give thought to their ways.
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 15:8The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
- Proverbs 28:9If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
- 1 Samuel 13:12I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
- 1 Samuel 15:21The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
- Psalms 50:8I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
- Isaiah 1:11“The multitude of your sacrifices— what are they to me?” says the Lord. “I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
- Isaiah 66:3But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;
- Jeremiah 6:20What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.”
- Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord.
- Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me.
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
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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