Proverbs 21:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!”
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“The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?”
King James Version · Public Domain“The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The sacrifice of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 21:27 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:15Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
- 1 Samuel 13:12I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
- 1 Samuel 15:21The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
- Psalms 50:8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
- Proverbs 7:14“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Proverbs 28:9Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
- Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
- Isaiah 66:3Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
- Jeremiah 6:20What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane 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 in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
- Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- Amos 5:22Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
- Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
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