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 11:5Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
• Prov 8:13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
• Prov 11:20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
• Deut 25:16For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
• Prov 17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
• Prov 3:32For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.
• Prov 11:1A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
• Deut 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 Yahweh. You shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
• Prov 15:8–9The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• Amos 1:3Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
• Deut 18:10–12There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
• Amos 1:11Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;
• Amos 1:6Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;
• Prov 20:23Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
• Deut 23:18You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
• Amos 2:1Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
• Prov 30:21“For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can’t bear up:
• Amos 1:9Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;
• Amos 2:6Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
• Amos 2:4Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;
• Prov 20:10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
• Prov 30:29“There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:
• Prov 30:18“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
• Prov 30:24“There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
• Rev 21:27There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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