The things God hates

“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.” - Proverbs 6v16-19

Of course we know that God hates all sin. It never pleases Him and sin is so horrendous that God cannot even bear to look at it. However, here in Proverbs chapter 6 we find a list of seven things that God specifically hates. I can’t work out all of the hermateological implications of how God hates some sins more than others, but here we have a lost of sins which somehow made this list of sins he specifically hates.

A proud look
A lying tongue
Those who shed innocent blood
Those that rush to do evil
A false witness that speaks lies
He that sows discord among the brethren

It is interesting to note that five of these deal with attitudes instead of actions and that two of them deal with lying. This should let us know the importance that god places on the heart and on the tongue. We tend to think of the more visible sins as being the bad ones,” but here it is clear that God places a great emphasis on the less obvious sins.