Proverbs 21:27

Proverbs chapter 21 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.26There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

v.27This passage

v.28A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 28:9

    He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

  • 1 Samuel 13:12

    therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

  • 1 Samuel 15:21

    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.

  • Psalms 50:8

    I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

  • Isaiah 1:11

    What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.