32 occurrences in 6 translations

'Abhorrent' in the Bible

They served him by himself, his brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, since that is abhorrent to them.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, PracticesPeople PartingNo DealingsHating Peoples

you are to say, ‘Your servants, both we and our fathers, have raised livestock from our youth until now.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are abhorrent to Egyptians.”

Verse ConceptsAbominationsWork From YouthThose Who Kept StockHating PeoplesStock Keeping

and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCorpses Of AnimalsForbidden FoodGod Hating Things

Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is abhorrent to you.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsUnclean SpiritsGod Hating ThingsUnclean Animalspork

‘These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,

Verse ConceptsAbominationsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesForbidden FoodHating UncleannessBirdsfitness

If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.

Verse ConceptsForbidden Sexual RelationshipsReasons For BarrennessNakedness UncoveredMarriage ControlledRelationships With BoyfriendRelationships And DatingSame Sex Marriage

You must burn up the carved images of their gods. Don’t covet the silver and gold on the images and take it for yourself, or else you will be ensnared by it, for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCoveting, prohibition ofCalf worshipGoldMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWarningAbhorAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesWorldly SnaresBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning Idolsimage

You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction like it. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsIdolatryUnder The Bancurses

You must not worship the Lord your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!

Verse ConceptsAbominationsChild sacrificeHatredSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifeIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfPagan PracticesAbominations, Idolatry IsAbominations, PracticesHuman SacrificesAbominations, To GodGod Hating Things

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

Verse ConceptsLearningConformityAbominations, PracticesNot Imitating EvilAncestral Worshipculturepracticeland

Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord and because of these detestable things the Lord your God is about to drive them out from before you.

Verse ConceptsAbominations, PracticesPollutionsAbominations, To GodGod Hating PeopleThe Lord Will Drive Them OutAbominations

so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsMisteachingEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsOfferingsVowsHarlotsWantonnessAbominations, To GodGod Hating ThingsMale ProstitutesWages Of A ProstituteGiving Money To The ChurchTithes And OfferingPetssalespremaritalwhores

Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image -- something abhorrent to the Lord, the work of the craftsman -- and sets it up in a secret place.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCreativityAmenArtMetalworkersSecrecyIdolsPagan PracticesAbominations, Idolatry IsAbominations, To GodAvoiding SecrecyFate Of Idolaterscursesimage

They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfJealousyGod, Jealous

But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.

Verse ConceptsCensus

You caused my acquaintances to shun me; you make me extremely abhorrent to them. Restrained, I am unable to go out.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAbandoning FriendsShutting DoorsFriends FailingPeople Being HatedBest Friendsshunning

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable and offensive [to the Lord].How much more [unacceptable and insulting can it be] when he brings it with evil intention?

Verse ConceptsAbominations, To GodAbominations, Practicesshunningmotives

The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit [deep and inescapable];He who is cursed by the Lord [because of his adulterous sin] will fall into it.

Verse ConceptsAdulterersImmorality, Nature Of SexualPitsSexual ChastityThe Insecurity Of The WickedGod CursingPits Symbolizing GriefSexual Immorality Brings Punishmentadultry

But [as for] you, you are thrown away from your grave, like an abhorrent shoot, clothed with [the] slain, those pierced [by the] sword, those who go down to [the] stones of [the] pit, like a corpse that is trodden down.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadCovering The BodyPitsWicked Described AsUnburied BodiesPits As A Term For Graves

"They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent."

Verse ConceptsCarcass, Figurative UseGod, Justice OfHell, As An ExperienceRebellion, Against GodRegretSin, God's Judgment OnSinnersPeople Eaten By WormMaggotsFire Of HellKingdom Of Godworms

I will first repay them double for their guilt and sin because they have polluted My land. They have filled My inheritance with the lifelessness of their detestable and abhorrent idols.”

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionCarcass, Literal UseAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandDouble Penalty

They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.

Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverdissatisfactionGoldThrowing AwaySatisfactionStomachsStumblingTreasureSalvation Not By WorksSending Things AwayThe Entrance Of SinThings Which Cannot SaveHindering God's WorkMoney's DeficienciesSaving Money

He appointed His beautiful ornaments for majesty,but they made their abhorrent images from them,their detestable things.Therefore, I have made theseinto something filthy for them.

Verse ConceptsTreasureAbominations, Idolatry IsBeauty Of Thingsjewelry

No eye looked with pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were thrown out in the open field, for you were loathed on the day that you were born.

Verse ConceptsHating IndividualsPeople Without Mercy

At every street corner you made your beauty abhorrent when you made yourself available for sex to anyone who was passing by. By doing this, you kept on committing more and more immorality.

Verse ConceptsRoadsSpreadingUsing RoadsAspects Of People Made Known

So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsJustification, Necessity OfLegalismMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinOutward AppearanceRighteousness, As FaithSelf DeceptionSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterVisionAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesHow Jesus Knows The HeartBeing Seen By ManMen PleasersMan VindicatesSelf WorthSelf EsteemValueimportance

Bible Theasaurus

Abhorrent (32 instances)
Detestable (167 instances)
Obscene (16 instances)
Odious (11 instances)
Repugnant (10 instances)
Repulsive (18 instances)

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