Proverbs - What Does the Lord Hate?

Proverbs 6:16-19

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,

An 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.

                    If we love someone we will avoid doing anything that bothers them. If we know they hate a certain type of food, we will not prepare that for their dinner.  Here we see a list of seven things that our Lord actually states that He hates.

                                                                   

A proud look - this type of look can be seen through the eyes. In Isaiah 2 verse 11 we read, “The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day”.   Our haughtiness can often be seen by our facial expressions.  Some of us have had an opportunity to see ourselves on a video when the Holy Spirit was not controlling us.  What a shock!  We hate those same looks when we see them.  Let us humble our hearts and take special care to notice if we roll our eyes, look up out of frustration or take on a smirk that denotes we are not concerned only about the Lord being exalted.

         

A lying tongue - The Lord hates lies.  He is the truth.  These are all ‘relationship killers’.  They interrupt our fellowship with the Lord and with each other.  We need the Spirit of Truth to flow through us and point out any sort of lie, deceit, misrepresentation of facts or false viewpoints.  When we say something out of anger to our husbands or children that labels them inappropriately we are not speaking the truth and are, in fact, lying.  We need to be sensitive that the words of our mouths and the meditations of our heart are acceptable in the sight of God, our strength and our redeemer.