Proverbs 21:27
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The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.

Proverbs 15:8
The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.

Ecclesiastes 5:1
Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do.

Isaiah 66:3
He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.

Jeremiah 6:20
To what purpose do you bring me frankincense from Saba, and the sweet smelling cane from a far country? your holocausts are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.

Amos 5:22
And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts.

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The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.

sacrifice

Proverbs 15:8 The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

Proverbs 28:9 He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.

1 Samuel 13:12,13 I said: Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Galgal, and I have not appeased the face of the Lord. Forced by necessity, I offered the holocaust. . . .

1 Samuel 15:21-23 But the people took of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the firstfruits of those things that were slain, to offer sacrifice to the Lord their God in Galgal. . . .

Psalm 50:8-13 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight. . . .

Isaiah 1:11-16 To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats. . . .

Isaiah 66:3 He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.

Jeremiah 6:20 To what purpose do you bring me frankincense from Saba, and the sweet smelling cane from a far country? your holocausts are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.

Jeremiah 7:11,12 Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord. . . .

Amos 5:21,22 I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies. . . .

with a wicked mind

Proverbs 9:9-14 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence. . . .

Context
The King's Heart
26He longeth and desireth all the day: but he that is just, will give, and will not cease. 27The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.28A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory.…
Lexicon
The sacrifice
זֶ֣בַח (ze·ḇaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice

of the wicked
רְ֭שָׁעִים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

is detestable—
תּוֹעֵבָ֑ה (tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol

how much more so
אַ֝֗ף (’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

when
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

brought
יְבִיאֶֽנּוּ׃ (yə·ḇî·’en·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

with ill intent!
בְזִמָּ֥ה (ḇə·zim·māh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2154: A plan, device, wickedness


Additional Translations
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?

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

The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!

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

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

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.
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