Proverbs 21:27 (BSB)

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!

From Proverbs 21. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 21:27

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 21:27: Sacrifices were of divine institution; and when they were offered in faith, and with repentance and reformation, God was greatly honoured by them and well-pleased in them. But they were often not only unacceptable, but an abomination, to God, and he declared so, which was an indication both that they were not required for their own sakes and that there were better things, and for...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 21:27: The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination,.... That is, to the Lord, as in Pro 15:8; and as it is here added in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? the Arabic version is, "with a mind alien from the law"; or when it is not brought according to law; when it is a corrupt thing...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 21:27: God regards the heart, and hypocrisy is more odious than open inconsistency. wicked mind--or, "design" (Pro 1:4).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 21:27: Pro 21:27 27 The sacrifice of the godless is an abomination; How much more if it is brought for evil! Line first = Pro 15:8. Regarding the syllogistic אף כּי, vid., 12:31; Pro 15:11; regarding זמּה, crime, particularly the sin of lewdness (from זמם, to press together, to collect the thoughts upon something, to contrive, cf. raffinement de la volupté), at Pro 10:23.