Proverbs 15:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 15:8 —

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Cross-References

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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 willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
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 your sacrifices sweet unto me.

Topics

Abomination Afflictions and Adversities Blessing Conceit Consistency Deceit Deception Depravity of Man

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 sac…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8-9. 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; Is 1:11.