Cross references
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—
how much more so when brought with ill intent!
Proverbs 21:27 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 66:3 (8 votes) and Proverbs 15:8 (6 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 4 to James 4.
Which verses does Proverbs 21:27 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Isaiah 66:38 votes
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
- Proverbs 15:86 votes
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Matthew 23:136 votes
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Jeremiah 6:205 votes
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
- 1 Samuel 15:21–234 votes
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.” But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. …
- Isaiah 1:11–164 votes
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? …
- Amos 5:21–224 votes
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
- 1 Samuel 13:12–133 votes
I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.” “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
- Psalm 50:8–133 votes
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, …
- Proverbs 28:93 votes
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
- Jeremiah 7:11–123 votes
Which verses point to Proverbs 21:27?
The 10 strongest of 31.