Bible Questions Answered:
“What are abominations...”
Corey/ Bangor, Northern Ireland
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Luke 16:13-15 KJV
13 No servant can serve two masters:
for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will
hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and
mammon (money).
14 And the Pharisees also, who were
covetous, heard all these things: and they derided Him.
15 And He said unto them, Ye are they
which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for
that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight
of God.
One hundred and thirty six times it is
mentioned in the Old Testament, and six times in the New Testament.
(Idolatry)
Deuteronomy 7:25,26 KJV
25 The graven images of their gods
shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold
that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin:
for it is an abomination* to the Lord thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an
abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like
it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor
it; for it is a cursed thing.
*Abomination-Hebrew:
Tow ebah (To-ay-baw): Something disgusting, an abhorrent;
especially idolatry, with its idols, an abomination.
(Self-Righteous)
Luke 16:13-15 KJV
13 No servant can serve two masters:
for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will
hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and
mammon (money).
14 And the Pharisees also, who were
covetous, heard all these things: and they derided Him.
15 And He said unto them, Ye are
they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your
hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination*
in the sight of God.
*Abomination-Greek: Bdeluktos
(Bdel-oog-mah): A detestation (abhorrence; hatred),
(idolatry) abomination.
I Peter 4:3 KJV
For the time past of our life may
suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked
in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and
abominable* idolatries:
*Abominable-Greek: Athemitos
(Ath-em-ee-tos): Abominable, unlawful thing.
Examples Of Abomination:
(Sexual Sins An Abomination.)
Leviticus 18:6-22 KJV
6 None of you
shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their
nakedness:
I am The Lord.
7 The nakedness
of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not
uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness
of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's
nakedness.
9 The nakedness
of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother,
whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness
thou shalt not uncover.
10 The
nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even
their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own
nakedness.
11 The
nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father,
she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 Thou shalt
not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's
near kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt
not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy
mother's near kinswoman.
14 Thou shalt
not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not
approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15 Thou shalt
not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's
wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 Thou shalt
not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's
nakedness.
17 Thou shalt
not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt
thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover
her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Neither
shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her
nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
19 Also thou
shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as
she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20 Moreover
thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile
thyself with her.
21 And thou
shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech,
neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
22 Thou shalt
not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
23 Neither
shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither
shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is
confusion.
24 Defile not
ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations
are defiled which I cast out before you:
(Sodomy)
Leviticus 20:13
KJV
If a man also
lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination:.."
(Idol worship, or profit from its
gold.)
Deuteronomy 7:25,26 KJV
25 The graven images of their gods
shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold
that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin:
for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an
abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like
it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor
it; for it is a cursed thing.
(Witchcraft,
Sorcery)
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 KJV
10 There shall not be found among
you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the
fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter, or a witch.
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with
familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
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.
(Cross Dressing)
Deuteronomy 22:5
KJV
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.
(Tainted Money)
Deuteronomy
23:18 KJV
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a
whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of The Lord thy God for
any vow: for even both these are abomination unto The Lord thy
God.
(Immorality In
Business.)
Deuteronomy
25:13-16 KJV
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag
divers weights, a great and a small.
14 Thou shalt not have in thine
house divers measures, a great and a small.
15 But thou shalt have a perfect and
just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy
days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee.
16 For all that do such things, and
all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy
God.
(Seven Sins)
Proverbs 6:16-19
KJV
16 These six things doth The Lord
hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked
imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh
lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
(A Sinful Heart)
Proverbs 11:20
KJV
They that are of a froward heart are
abomination to The Lord: but such as are upright in their way
are His delight.
(Lying)
Proverbs 12:22
KJV
Lying lips are abomination to The
Lord: but they that deal truly are His delight.
(Prayer And
Sacrifices Of The Wicked)
Proverbs 15:8
KJV
The sacrifice of the wicked is an
abomination to The Lord: but the prayer of the upright is His
delight.
(Sins Of
Promiscuity)
Ezekiel 22:11
KJV
And one hath committed abomination
with his neighbor's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his
daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his
father's daughter.
Let the words of my mouth, and the
meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my
Strength, and my Redeemer.
