Proverbs Chapter 15 verse 8 Holy Bible
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord. The costly sacrifice of the wicked is contrasted with the prayer, unaccompanied with sacrifice, of the upright. The first clause occurs again in Proverbs 21:27, and virtually in Proverbs 28:9. But in the latter passage the prayer of the wicked is denounced as abomination. Sacrifice, as legal and ceremonial, would be more naturally open to the charge of deadness and unreality; while prayer, as spontaneous and not legally enjoined, might be deemed less liable to for realism; all the more hateful, therefore, it is if not offered from the heart. The worthlessness of external worship without obedience and devotion of the heart is often urged by the prophets (see 1 Samuel 15:22; Isaiah 1:11, etc.; Jeremiah 6:20; Hosea 5:6; Amos 5:22; see also Ecclus. 31:18, etc.). The lesson was needed that the value of sacrifice depended upon the mind and disposition of the offerer, the tendency being to rest in the opus operatum, as if the external action was all that was necessary to make the worshipper accepted. This text was wrested by the Donatists to support their notion of the inefficacy of heretical baptism. St. Augustine replied that the validity of the sacrament depended not on the spiritual condition of the minister, but on the appointment of Christ. The text has also been applied to confirm the opinion that all the acts of unjustified man are sin. The truer view is that God's grace does act beyond the limits of his visible Church, and that the inspiration of the Holy Spirit concurs with the free will of man before he is formally justified. The second clause recurs virtually in ver. 29.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord.--And their prayers also (Isaiah 1:11). The worthlessness of sacrifice without obedience (comp. 1Samuel 15:22) may be here especially mentioned, because men are apt to think that what involves cost and trouble must be pleasing to God, even when not accompanied with what alone He cares for, a loving heart.The prayer of the upright is his delight.--Even when offered by itself, without sacrifice.
