Proverbs 6:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:

Cross References

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he caused Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Job 5:19

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no harm shall touch you.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates the lover of violence.

Psalm 5:7

But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.

Proverbs 11:20

Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Proverbs 17:15

One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 20:10

Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 20:23

Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.

Proverbs 3:32

for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

Proverbs 30:18

Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:

Proverbs 30:21

Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:

Proverbs 30:24

Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

Proverbs 30:29

Three things are stately in their stride; four are stately in their gait:

Proverbs 6:15

on such a one calamity will descend suddenly, in a moment, damage beyond repair.

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Jeremiah 26:15

Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will be bringing innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

Amos 1:11

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity; he maintained his anger perpetually and kept his wrath forever.

Amos 1:3

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.

Amos 1:6

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile entire communities, to hand them over to Edom.

Amos 1:9

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they delivered entire communities over to Edom and did not remember the covenant of kinship.

Amos 2:1

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.

Amos 2:4

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord and have not kept his statutes, but they have been led astray by the same lies after which their ancestors walked.

Amos 2:6

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals—

Zechariah 8:17

do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these are things that I hate, says the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 23:18

You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 24:4

her first husband, who sent her away, is not permitted to take her again to be his wife after she has been defiled, for that would be abhorrent to the Lord, and you shall not bring guilt on the land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.

Deuteronomy 25:16

For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Revelation 21:27

But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.