Proverbs 15:8

The Scriptures 2009

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:12

Aḇshalom also sent for Aḥithophel the Gilonite, counsellor of Dawiḏ, from his city, from Giloh, while he slaughtered slaughterings. And it came to be that the conspiracy became potent, for the people with Aḇshalom kept increasing.

1 Kings 3:10

And the word was good in the eyes of יהוה, that Shelomoh had asked this.

1 Chronicles 29:17

“And I know, my Elohim, that You are trying the heart and desire uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have voluntarily given all these. And now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to give voluntarily to You.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be prepared before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

Psalm 17:1

Hear righteousness, יהוה, Listen to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, From lips without deceit.

Proverbs 10:24

What the wrong one fears comes upon him, But the desire of the righteous is granted.

Proverbs 15:29

יהוה is far from the wrong ones, But He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, But the heart of fools is not so.

Proverbs 21:27

The slaughtering of the wrong is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wickedness!

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and right-ruling Is more acceptable to יהוה than a slaughtering.

Proverbs 28:9

He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, Even his prayer is an abomination.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the House of Elohim. And draw near to listen rather than to give the slaughtering of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

Song of Solomon 2:14

“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covering of the cliff, Let me see your appearance, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your appearance is lovely.”

Isaiah 61:8

“For I, יהוה, love right-ruling; I hate robbery for ascending offering. And I shall give their reward in truth, and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Isaiah 66:3

"But whoever slays the bull strikes a man; whoever slaughters the lamb breaks a dog’s neck; whoever brings a grain offering – pig’s blood; whoever burns incense blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways, and their being delights in their abominations.

Jeremiah 6:20

“What need have I of frankincense from Sheḇa, and sweet cane from a distant land? Your ascending offerings are not acceptable, and your slaughterings have not been sweet to Me.”

Daniel 9:23

“At the beginning of your supplications a word went out, and I have come to make it known, for you are greatly appreciated. So consider the word and understand the vision:

Leviticus 7:18

‘However, if any of the flesh of the slaughtering of his peace offerings is eaten at all on the third day, it is not accepted. It is not reckoned to him who brings it, it is unclean to him, and the being who eats of it bears his crookedness.

Micah 6:6

With what shall I come before יהוה, bow myself before the high Elohim? Shall I come before Him with ascending offerings, with calves a year old?

Micah 6:7

Is יהוה pleased with thousands of rams or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my being?

Haggai 2:14

And Ḥaggai answered and said, “ ‘So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,’ declares יהוה, ‘and so is every work of their hands. And whatever they bring near there is defiled.

Malachi 1:10

“Who among you who would shut the doors, so that you would not kindle fire on My slaughter-place for naught? I have no pleasure in you,” said יהוה of hosts, “Nor do I accept an offering from your hands.

John 4:24

“Elohim is Spirit, and those who worship Him need to worship in spirit and truth.”