Proverbs 6:16

The LORD hates a specific list of sins, introduced by a numerical saying. God's holiness opposes these evils.

Cross-references · 25

• Ps 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
• Prov 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
• Prov 11:20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
• Deut 25:16For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
• Prov 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
• Prov 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
• Prov 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
• Deut 24:4then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
• Prov 15:8–9The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Amos 1:3This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
• Deut 18:10–12Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
• Amos 1:11This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
• Amos 1:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
• Prov 20:23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
• Deut 23:18You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
• Amos 2:1This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
• Prov 30:21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
• Amos 1:9This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
• Amos 2:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
• Amos 2:4This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
• Prov 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
• Prov 30:29There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:
• Prov 30:18There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
• Prov 30:24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
• Rev 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

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