Dictionary of Bible Themes » 6000 Sin and salvation » 6100 Aspects of sin » 6103 abomination
That which is utterly detestable in the sight of God, particularly sin and idolatry. Daniel predicts the establishment of an “abomination that causes desolation” on the temple mount and Jesus Christ reiterates this prophecy.
Sin is an abomination
God detests it
Leviticus 20:13; Proverbs 26:24-26 See also Leviticus 18:26-30; Proverbs 6:16-19; Proverbs 28:9; Isaiah 66:3-4
The abomination of Babylon the Great
Revelation 17:3-6 See also Jeremiah 51:6-8; Revelation 14:8; Revelation 19:1-2
Idolatry is an abomination
Jeremiah 32:32-35
Moses warns the Israelites against the idolatry of the Canaanites:
Deuteronomy 7:25-26; Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy 18:9-13; Deuteronomy 27:15; Deuteronomy 29:17-18 Deuteronomy 32:15-16
The idolatry of Solomon's latter years:
1 Kings 11:4-8; 2 Kings 23:13 Isaiah 44:19; Jeremiah 4:1-2; Jeremiah 7:30; Jeremiah 16:18; Ezekiel 5:9; Ezekiel 7:20; Ezekiel 8:5-18 idolatry in the temple; Ezekiel 11:17-21; Ezekiel 20:30; Hosea 9:10; 1 Peter 4:3
Unclean animals are an abomination
Isaiah 66:17 See also Leviticus 7:21; Leviticus 11:13-20,41-42; Isaiah 65:2-5; Revelation 18:2
The abomination that causes desolation
Daniel 9:25-27 See also Daniel 11:29-32; Daniel 12:11-12; Matthew 24:15-21 pp Mark 13:14-19; Revelation 13:14-15
See also
4215 Babylon 6025 sin & God's character 6236 sexual sin 7324 calf worship 7340 clean and unclean 8771 idolatry, objections 9105 last things
