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Proverbs 6:16

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¶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
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  1. Psalms 11:5Rank 1 from verse 16
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    5The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

  2. Proverbs 8:13Rank 2 from verse 16
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    13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  3. Proverbs 11:20Rank 3 from verse 16
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    20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

  4. Deuteronomy 25:16Rank 4 from verse 16
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    16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

  5. Proverbs 17:15Rank 5 from verse 16
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    15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

  6. Proverbs 3:32Rank 6 from verse 16
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    32For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

  7. Proverbs 11:1Rank 7 from verse 16
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    1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

  8. Deuteronomy 24:4Rank 8 from verse 16
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    4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  9. Proverbs 15:8–9Rank 9 from verse 16
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

  10. Amos 1:11Rank 10 from verse 16
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    11¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

  11. Amos 1:3Rank 11 from verse 16
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    3Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

  12. Amos 1:6Rank 12 from verse 16
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    6¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

  13. Amos 1:9Rank 13 from verse 16
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    9¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:

  14. Amos 2:1Rank 14 from verse 16
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    1THUS saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

  15. Deuteronomy 18:10–12Rank 15 from verse 16
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    10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

    11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

    12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

  16. Deuteronomy 23:18Rank 16 from verse 16
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    18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

  17. Proverbs 20:23Rank 17 from verse 16
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    23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

  18. Proverbs 30:21Rank 18 from verse 16
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    21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

  19. Amos 2:4Rank 19 from verse 16
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    4¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

  20. Amos 2:6Rank 20 from verse 16
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    6¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

  21. Proverbs 20:10Rank 21 from verse 16
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    10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

  22. Proverbs 30:29Rank 22 from verse 16
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    29There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

  23. Revelation 21:27Rank 23 from verse 16
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    27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

  24. Proverbs 30:18Rank 24 from verse 16
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    18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

  25. Proverbs 30:24Rank 25 from verse 16
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    24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

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Proverbs 6:16

COMBINED MEANING

hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

abomination

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Sense 1: A person, thing, act, practice, creature, or condition regarded as detestable or loathsome. Sense 2: An idol or idolatrous thing so regarded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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6:16¶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

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6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

6:18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

6:19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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