Deuteronomy 25:16
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
KJV
Abominatur enim Dominus tuus eum qui facit hæc, et aversatur omnem injustitiam.
Vulgate
For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
ASV
כִּ֧י תוֹעֲבַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ כָּל עֹ֣שֵׂה אֵ֑לֶּה כֹּ֖ל עֹ֥שֵׂה עָֽוֶל
Hebrew
For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things, and he hateth all injustice.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tv'bt
noun · 118×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2409Even if it does not contradict the provisions of civil law, any form of unjustly taking and keeping the property of others is against the seventh commandment: thus, deliberate retention of goods lent or of objects lost; business fraud; paying unjust wages; forcing up prices by taking advantage of the ignorance or hardship of another.191 The following are also morally illicit: s…
Q. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? A. He forbids not only outright theft and robbery, punishable by law. But in God's sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear legitimate, such as: inaccurate measurements of weight, size, or volume; fraudulent merchandising; counterfeit money; excessive interest; or any other means f…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- 1Thess 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
- Deut 18:12 — For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
- Deut 22:5 — The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
- Lev 18:27 — (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
- Prov 6:16 — These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
- Prov 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
- Prov 16:12 — It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
- Rev 21:27 — And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Rom 6:13 — Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto Go