Proverbs 21:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁷ The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable  – how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is exceedingly disgusting and abhorrent [to the Lord]–how much more when he brings it with evil intention?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

Common English Bible

²⁷ The LORD detests the sacrifices of the wicked, especially when brought with devious motives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ The sacrifices of the impious are abominable, because they are offered out of wickedness.

Proverbs 21:27 Cross References

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the  Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 28:9

Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law – even his prayer is detestable.

Proverbs 7:14

‘I’ve made fellowship offerings; today I’ve fulfilled my vows.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to approach in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do,  for they ignorantly do wrong.

Isaiah 66:3

One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person; one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck; one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood; one person offers incense, another praises an idol – all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abhorrent practices.

Jeremiah 6:20

What 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.

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became angry and said to the Lord, ‘Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.’

Matthew 23:13

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.   ,