Quotes about Detestable
you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
— Genesis 46:34
If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
— Leviticus 7:21
But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
— Exodus 8:26
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
— Proverbs 24:9
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
— Deuteronomy 18:9
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
— Proverbs 6:16
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
— Luke 16:15
You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
— Deuteronomy 17:1
All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
— Leviticus 11:20
“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,
— Jeremiah 4:1
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
— Jeremiah 44:4
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
— Hosea 9:10