Proverbs 15:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. ”

Proverbs 15:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (b) sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight. (b) That thing is abominable before God, which the wicked think to be most excellent,...
Proverbs 15:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverbs 15:11 ) is noteworthy as showing an extended con...
Proverbs 15:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the wicked . lawless ones. is an abomination, &c. See note on Proverbs 3:32 . Illustrations: Cain ( Genesis 4:5 . Hebrews 11:4 ; Hebrews 11:4 ); Saul ( 1 Samuel 15:22 ; 1 Samuel 15:23 ); J...
Proverbs 15:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 789 THE UPRIGHT ALONE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD Proverbs 15:8 . The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight . THE language of Sc...
Proverbs 15:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination - Even the most sedulous attendance on the o...
Proverbs 15:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— Melancthon thinks that this is a caution against resting in ceremonious worship, without holiness and moral virtue. See his Treatise concerning the Me...
Proverbs 15:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the uprig...
Proverbs 15:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Proverbs 15:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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. 1 Samuel 15:22 ) may be here especially...
Proverbs 15:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A m...
Proverbs 15:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Kind Words and Glad Hearts Proverbs 15:1-17 A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips of the wise; the prayer of the upright -these keywords touch one of the greate...
Proverbs 15:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to...
Proverbs 15:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of...
Proverbs 15:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the Lord ,.... Even those sacrifices which were of divine appointment under the former dispensation, when offered by wicked men, without faith in C...
Proverbs 15:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight. Ver. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination. ] Their very incense stinks from...
Proverbs 15:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The sacrifice of the wicked Or the religious services, yea, the best and most costly of them, one kind being put for all the rest; is an abomination to the Lord Because not offered with a sincere...
Proverbs 15:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the L ORD : but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Note, 1. God so hates wicked people, whose hearts are malicious and t...
Proverbs 15:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The sacrifice; all the religious services, yea, the best and most costly of them; one kind being put for all the rest. The prayer; the cheapest and meanest services.
Proverbs 15:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Wise Words, Reproof And Firm Discipline Uphold The Righteous, Giving Them Suitable Reward, Whilst The Unrighteous Reject Reproof, And Suffer The Consequences ( Proverbs 15:4-13 ). In this subsecti...
Proverbs 15:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:8-9 PRAYING AND LIVING I. God loves righteous men with a special love . God has a love for all His human creatures—a love which springs out of His relationship t...
Proverbs 15:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, sa...
Proverbs 15:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and...
Proverbs 15:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, for it is brought in ungodliness and hypocrisy; but the prayer of the upright, by which they worship God in spirit and in truth an...
Proverbs 15:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:17 ; Amos 5:21 ; Amos 5:22 ; Isaiah 1:10-15 ; Isaiah 61:8 ; Isaiah 66:3 ; Jeremiah 6:20 ; Jeremiah 7:21-23 ; John 4:24 ; Proverbs 21:27 ; Proverbs 28:9 ; Proverbs 15:29 ;...
Proverbs 15:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sacrifice — All the religious services, yea, the most costly; one kind being put for all the rest. Prayer — The cheapest and meanest services.

Proverbs 15:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 15:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 15:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 15:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 15:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 15:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 15:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 15:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 15:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 15:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 15:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 15:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes