Proverbs 6 · Verse 16

Proverbs 6:16

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

Proverbs 6:16, King James Version

Proverbs 6:16 in other translations

BSB	There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
WEB	There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
ASV	There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
YLT	These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul.
DARBY	These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
BBE	Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:
Webster	These six things doth the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him:

What does Proverbs 6:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:16-19

16-19. six ... seven--a mode of speaking to arrest attention (Pr 30:15, 18; Job 5:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 16 These six - doth the Lord hate - 1. A proud look - exalted eyes; those who will not condescend to look on the rest of mankind. 2. A lying tongue - he who neither loves nor tells truth. 3. Hands that shed innocent blood, whether by murder or by battery. 4. A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations - the heart that fabricates such, lays the foundation, builds upon it, and completes the superstructure of iniquity. 5. Feet that be swift in running to mischief - he who works iniquity with greediness. 6. A false witness that speaketh lies - one who, even on his oath before a court of justice, tells any thing but the truth. Seven are an abomination unto him - נפשו naphsho, "to his soul." The seventh is, he that soweth discord among brethren - he who troubles the peace of a family, of a village, of the state; all who, by lies and misrepresentations, strive to make men's minds evil-affected towards their brethren.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:12-19

If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God…

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Proverbs 6:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שֶׁשׁ\־shesh-six [things]H8337

הֵ֭נָּהHe.nahthoseH2007

שָׂנֵ֣אsa.Ne'he hatesH8130

יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068

וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַעve.She.va'and [are] sevenH7651

תּוֹעֲבַ֥תto.'a.Vot[the] disgusting thing ofH8441

נַפְשֽׁוֹ\׃naf.Shoself hisH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 6:16

Psalms 11:5
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 11:20
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 25:16
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
Proverbs 3:32
For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 15:8-9
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Deuteronomy 24:4
Her 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.
Amos 1:9
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:
Amos 1:11
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:
Amos 2:1
Thus 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:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

six.
8:13; 30:18,21,24,29; Am 1:3,6,9,11; 2:1,4,6
an.
3:32; 11:1,20; 15:8,9; 17:15; 20:10,23; De 18:10-12; 23:18; 24:4
De 25:16; Re 21:27
unto him. Heb. of his soul.
Ps 11:5

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Context

Proverbs 6:15
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Proverbs 6:16
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 6:17
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

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Proverbs 6:16 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Seis cosas aborrece Jehová, y aun siete abomina su alma:
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	L’ Éternel hait ces six choses, et il y en a sept qui sont en abomination à son âme:
German Elberfelder 1871	Sechs sind es, die Jehova haßt, und sieben sind seiner Seele ein Greuel:
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Sex sunt quæ odit Dominus, et septimum detestatur anima ejus: