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Proverbs 6

Prov. 6:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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These six
shesh (Hebrew #8337)
a primitive number; six (as an overplus (see 7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
KJV usage: six((-teen, -teenth)), sixth.
Pronounce: shaysh
Origin: masculine shishshah {shish-shaw'}
things doth the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hate
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
: yea, seven
sheba` (Hebrew #7651)
from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
KJV usage: (+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare 7658.
Pronounce: sheh'-bah
Origin: or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}
are an abomination
tow`ebah (Hebrew #8441)
feminine active participle of 8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Pronounce: to-ay-baw'
Origin: or tonebah {to-ay-baw'}
γunto him
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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of his soul.

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Prov. 8:13• 13The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil:{HR}Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,{HR}And the froward mouth do I hate. (Prov. 8:13)
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Prov. 30:18,21,24,29• 18There are three [things] too wonderful for me,{HR}And four that I know not:{HR}
 21Under three [things] the earth is disquieted,{HR}And under four it cannot bear up:{HR}
 24There are four [things] little upon the earth,{HR}And they are exceeding wise:{HR}
 29There are three [things] which have a stately step,{HR}And four are comely in going:{HR} (Prov. 30:18,21,24,29)
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Amos 1:3,6,9,11• 3Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke my sentence, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.
 6Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gazah, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom.
 9Thus saith Jehovah; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
 11Thus saith Jehovah; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever: (Amos 1:3,6,9,11)
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Amos 2:1,4,6• 1Thus saith Jehovah; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
 4Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn back; because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked.
 6Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; (Amos 2:1,4,6)
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Prov. 3:32• 32For the perverse [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But his secret [is] with the upright. (Prov. 3:32)
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Prov. 11:1,20• 1A false balance [is] abomination to Jehovah,{HR}But a just weight his delight.
 20The perverse in heart [are] abomination to Jehovah,{HR}But the upright in way [are] his delight. (Prov. 11:1,20)
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Prov. 15:8‑9• 8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
 9The way of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But him that pursueth righteousness he loveth. (Prov. 15:8‑9)
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Prov. 17:15• 15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous,{HR}Even they both are abomination to Jehovah, (Prov. 17:15)
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Prov. 20:10,23• 10Divers weights, divers measures,{HR}Both of them [are] alike abomination to Jehovah.
 23Divers weights [are] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}And a false balance [is] not good. (Prov. 20:10,23)
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Deut. 18:10‑12• 10There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
 11or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.
 12For all that do these things are an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee. (Deut. 18:10‑12)
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Deut. 23:18• 18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination to Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 23:18)
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Deut. 24:4• 4her first husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for it is an abomination before Jehovah; and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. (Deut. 24:4)
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Deut. 25:16• 16For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 25:16)
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Rev. 21:27• 27And there shall in no wise enter into it anything common, and one practicing abomination and a lie; but those that are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Rev. 21:27)
unto him.
Heb. of his soul.
Psa. 11:5• 5Jehovah proveth the righteous [man];{HR}And the wicked [man]{HR}And him who loveth violence his soul hateth. (Psa. 11:5)
• Six he hates in addition to the one already noticed. It is put in as though the worst of them all. (“Proverbs Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto himl:

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "of his soul."

W. Kelly Translation

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Six [things] Jehovah hateth,{HR}Yea, seven [are] an abomination of his soul: