KJV ORIGINAL
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
There are six things the LORD hates—no, seven things that are disgusting to him:
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse introduces a list of behaviors that God finds deeply offensive and detestable.
📚 Historical Context
This verse begins a numerical proverb, a common literary device in ancient Hebrew wisdom literature where writers would list items in an ascending pattern (six...seven) to emphasize completeness and grab attention. King Solomon, traditionally credited as the primary author of Proverbs, used this technique to teach moral lessons to his people around 950 BC.
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