4 occurrences

'Offensive' in the Bible

So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings should ever be eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be reckoned to his benefit. It shall be an offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, Of WorshipThree Days

“My breath is offensive to my wife,And I am loathsome to my own brothers.

Verse ConceptsOffencePeople Being Hatedreuniting

“Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing:They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sFalse Prophets, Examples OfBeing MisleadFollowers Of BaalProphets Of Other Gods

Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation or tongue that speaks anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.”

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsCoercionPeople Torn To PiecesRubbishBlasphemy

Bible Theasaurus

Loathsome (52 instances)
Nauseating (1 instance)
Offense (60 instances)
Offensive (29 instances)
Sickening (7 instances)
Unsavoury (2 instances)

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