THEOSISProverbs 15:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.
זֶ֣בַח רְ֭שָׁעִים תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וּתְפִלַּ֖ת יְשָׁרִ֣ים רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:29The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.
- Prov 21:27The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.
- 1 Chr 29:17I know my God that thou provest hearts, and lovest simplicity, wherefore I also in the simplicity of my heart, have joyfully offered all these things: and I have seen with great joy thy people, which are here present, offer thee their offerings.
- Jer 6:20To 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.
- Isa 1:10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
- Isa 1:15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
- Prov 28:9He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.
- Isa 61:8For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them.