Abomination

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Things that are, to God

Idolatry

• Deuteronomy 7:25 You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
• Deuteronomy 27:15 ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image — an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman — and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Deuteronomy 32:16 They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

Unjust weights and measures

• Deuteronomy 25:13–16 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. Fo…
• Proverbs 11:1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
• Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
• Proverbs 20:23 Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

Uncleanness

• Leviticus 18:22 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
• Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
• Deuteronomy 24:4 then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Incest

• Leviticus 18:6–18 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD. You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her. You must not have sexual relations with your father’…

Lying with a woman in her menses

• Leviticus 18:18 You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
• Leviticus 18:20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

Adultery

• Leviticus 18:20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

Sodomy

• Leviticus 18:22–23 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

Offering seed to Molech

• Leviticus 18:21 You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Offering children in sacrifice

• Deuteronomy 18:10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

Sorcery and necromancy

• Deuteronomy 18:10–11 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.

The hire of a whore and price of a dog, as a consecrated gift

• Deuteronomy 23:18 You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

Unclassified Scriptures Relating to

• Deuteronomy 22:5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
• Proverbs 3:32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
• Proverbs 6:16–19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
• Proverbs 8:7 For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
• Proverbs 11:20 The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
• Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
• Proverbs 15:8–9 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
• Proverbs 15:26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
• Proverbs 16:5 Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 17:15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.