Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sacrifice	זֶ֣בַח Ze.vach	H2077	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
wicked	רְ֭שָׁעִים Re.sha.'im	H7563	morally wrong · noun, common masculine plural absolute
abomination	תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת to.'a.Vat	H8441	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
prayer	וּתְפִלַּ֖ת u.te.fi.Lat	H8605	intercession · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
upright	יְשָׁרִ֣ים ye.sha.Rim	H3477	straight (literally or figuratively) · adjective, masculine plural absolute
delight	רְצוֹנֽוֹ re.tzo.No	H7522	delight (especially as shown) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willin…
Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Proverbs 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Isaiah 1:10-15 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 6:20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor y…
Isaiah 61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting coven…
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:8

Note, 1. God so hates wicked people, whose hearts are malicious and their lives mischievous, that even their sacrifices are an abomination to him. God has sacrifices brought him even by wicked men, to stop the mouth of conscience and to keep up their reputation in the world, as malefactors come to a sanctuary, not because it is a holy place, but because it shelters them from justice; but their sacrifices, though ever so costly, are not accepted of God, because not offered in sincerity nor from a good principle; they dissemble with God, and in their conversations give the lie to their devotions, and for that reason they are an abomination to him, because they are made a cloak for sin, Pro 7:1…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice [and] prayer--are acts of worship. way . . . followeth . . . righteousness--denote conduct. God's regard for the worship and deeds of the righteous and wicked respectively, so stated in Psa 50:17; Isa 1:11.

John Gill on Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,.... Even those sacrifices which were of divine appointment under the former dispensation, when offered by wicked men, without faith in Christ, without any sense of sin, repentance for it, and reformation from it; when these were used as a cloak for sin, under which they sheltered and satisfied themselves, and went on in sin; when they brought them "with a wicked mind", as in Proverbs 21:27; when either what they brought were not according to the law, the lame and the blind; or were not their own, but robbery for burnt sacrifice; or supposing that these would atone for their sins of themselves; when either of these, or all this, was t…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 15:7-17

A second series which begins with a proverb of the power of human speech, and closes with proverbs of the advantages and disadvantages of wealth. Pro 15:7 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; But the direction is wanting to the heart of fools. It is impossible that לא־כן can be a second object. accus. dependent on יזרוּ (dispergunt, not יצּרוּ, Pro 20:28; φυλάσσουσι, as Symmachus translates): but the heart of fools is unrighteous (error or falsehood) (Hitzig after Isa 16:6); for then why were the lips of the wise and the heart of the fools mentioned? לא־כן also does not mean οὐχ οὕτως (an old Greek anonymous translation, Jerome, Targ., Venet., Luther): the heart of the fool is quite…

The Church Fathers

The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, etc. The prayers, works, and sacrifices of heretics are abhorred by the Lord, and He accepts the vows of those who affirm the Catholic faith with righteous deeds.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

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Dictionary and topics

Abomination · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Joy Of God Over His People, The · On account of their: Praying to him — On account of their: Praying to him
Prayer · Of the upright, a delight to God — Of the upright, a delight to God
Uprightness · They who walk in: Their prayer delighted in by God — They who walk in: Their prayer delighted in by God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 15:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 15:8

John Gill on Proverbs 15:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 15:7-17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 15:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 15:8

John Gill on Proverbs 15:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 15:7-17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 15:8

Rashi on Proverbs 15:8