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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
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Heart Over Ritual
All commentators agree that this verse intensifies the warning from Proverbs 15:8. While any religious act from a wicked person is offensive to God, it becomes even more abominable when the act itself is tied to a wicked motive. The issue is not the ritual, but the heart behind it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A lower depth even than (Proverbs 15:8). The wicked man may connect his devotion with his guilt, offer his sacrifice and vow his vow (a…
19th Century
Anglican
How much more when he brings it with a wicked mind?—Plotting at the same time future wickedness, or thinking to make God, by the s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination That is, to the Lord, as in (Proverbs 15:8) ; and as it is …
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When holiness is pretended, but wickedness intended, that especially is an abomination.
