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In biblical contexts, it often describes God's attitude towards sin, idolatry, and unrighteousness, as well as the reaction of the righteous towards evil. The concept of abhorring is closely tied to the themes of holiness, purity, and divine justice.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a> :</b> <br> "As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be an abhorrence to all mankind." <br> · This verse speaks of the final judgment and the eternal punishment of the wicked, highlighting the abhorrence that their fate will inspire in the righteous. The imagery of undying worms and unquenchable fire underscores the severity of divine judgment and the repulsion it evokes.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30</a> :</b> <br> "I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols; and My soul will abhor you." <br> · Here, God expresses His abhorrence towards the Israelites' idolatry and disobedience. The strong language reflects the seriousness of turning away from God and the resulting divine displeasure.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/psalms/5-6.htm">Psalm 5:6</a> :</b> <br> "You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man." <br> · This verse emphasizes God's abhorrence of deceit and violence. It serves as a reminder of God's commitment to truth and justice, and His rejection of those who engage in such sinful behaviors.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Proverbs 6:16-19</a> :</b> <br> "There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who stirs up conflict in the community." <br> · The passage lists behaviors that are abhorrent to God, illustrating the moral standards expected of His people. The use of the word "detestable" aligns with the concept of abhorring, indicating a profound divine repulsion.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/romans/12-9.htm">Romans 12:9</a> :</b> <br> "Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good." <br> · In this New Testament exhortation, believers are called to abhor evil as part of their sincere love and devotion to God. The instruction to detest evil aligns with the biblical theme of abhorring sin and unrighteousness.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br><br>The concept of abhorring in the Bible underscores the holiness of God and His intolerance of sin. It serves as a warning to the faithful to avoid behaviors and attitudes that are detestable to God. The call to abhor evil is not only a divine attribute but also a moral imperative for believers, encouraging them to pursue righteousness and reject sin in all its forms.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>p. pr. & vb. n.</I>) of Abhor.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) Detestation.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) Object of abhorrence.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1860.htm"><span class="l">1860. deraon -- aversion, abhorrence</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>abhorring</b>, contempt. Or dera)own {day-raw-one;}; from an unused root (meaning to<br> repulse); an object of aversion -- <b>abhorring</b>, contempt. 1859, 1860. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1860.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/alexander/of_the_manichaeans/chapter_xxv_the_manichaean_abstinence_from.htm"><span class="l">The Manich??an Abstinence from Living Things Ridiculous; their <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XXV."The Manich??an Abstinence from Living Things Ridiculous; Their Madness<br> in <b>Abhorring</b> Marriage; The Mythology of the Giants; Too Allegorical an <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../alexander/of the manichaeans/chapter xxv the manichaean abstinence from.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bunyan/grace_abounding_to_the_chief_of_sinners/a_brief_character_of_mr.htm"><span class="l">A Brief Character of Mr John Bunyan</span></a> <br><b>...</b> it; observing never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather seem low in his<br> own eyes, and submit himself to the judgment of others, <b>abhorring</b> lying and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bunyan/grace abounding to the chief of sinners/a brief character of mr.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/steps_to_christ/chapter_4_confession.htm"><span class="l">Confession</span></a> <br><b>...</b> that repentance which is not to be repented of, and have not with true humiliation<br> of soul and brokenness of spirit confessed our sins, <b>abhorring</b> our iniquity <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/white/steps to christ/chapter 4 confession.htm</font><p><a href="/library/peter/the_writings_of_peter_of_alexandria/canon_iv_to_those_who.htm"><span class="l">To those who are Altogether Reprobate, and Unrepentant, who <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> of the men that have transgressed against Me; for their worm shall not die, neither<br> shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an <b>abhorring</b> unto all flesh <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../peter/the writings of peter of alexandria/canon iv to those who.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_10_1864/preparation_for_revival.htm"><span class="l">Preparation for Revival</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Great God, thou hast unsheathed thy sword, and bathed it in heaven, for the destruction<br> of all evil, and thy redeemed are on thy side, <b>abhorring</b> that which is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/preparation for revival.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/the_prescription_against_heretics/chapter_xliv_heresy_lowers_respect_for.htm"><span class="l">Heresy Lowers Respect for Christ, and Destroys all Fear of his <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to them by Him or by His apostles concerning depraved [2300] and perverse doctrines<br> assailing them, [2301] or about their avoiding and <b>abhorring</b> the same. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the prescription against heretics/chapter xliv heresy lowers respect for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/the_way_to_god.htm"><span class="l">The Way to God</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Perhaps they would indignantly repel a charge of <b>abhorring</b> God, but nevertheless,<br> it is true of them, that they live in utter disregard of him. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the way to god.htm</font><p><a href="/library/de_molinos/the_spiritual_guide_which_disentangles_the_soul/chap_xix_of_true_and.htm"><span class="l">Of True and Perfect Annihilation.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> As the Soul makes continual progress from its meanness, it ought to walk on to the<br> practice of Annihilation, which consists in the <b>abhorring</b> of Honour, Dignity <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the spiritual guide which disentangles the soul/chap xix of true and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/de_molinos/the_spiritual_guide_which_disentangles_the_soul/chap_xvi_signs_to_know.htm"><span class="l">Signs to Know the Inner Man, and the Mind That's Purged.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> himself orderly towards outward things, as if he were entring into the World again,<br> fearing to embroil himself in Business, and naturally <b>abhorring</b> it, unless <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the spiritual guide which disentangles the soul/chap xvi signs to know.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kempis/the_imitation_of_christ/the_fifty-fourth_chapter_the_different.htm"><span class="l">The Fifty-Fourth Chapter: the Different Motions of Nature and <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> embraces labor willingly. Nature seeks to possess what is rare and beautiful,<br> <b>abhorring</b> things that are cheap and coarse. Grace, on <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the fifty-fourth chapter the different.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/abhorring.htm"><span class="l"><b>Abhorring</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) Object of abhorrence. Multi-Version Concordance <b>Abhorring</b> (3 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br> thou who art <b>abhorring</b> the idols, dost thou rob temples? (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/abhorring.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unfeigned.htm"><span class="l">Unfeigned (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Unfeigned (5 Occurrences). Romans 12:9 Let love<br> be unfeigned; <b>abhorring</b> evil; cleaving to good: (DBY YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unfeigned.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tabret.htm"><span class="l">Tabret (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Genesis 31:27; 1 Samuel 10:5; 18:6). In Job 17:6 the word (Hebrews topheth) "tabret"<br> should be, as in the Revised Version, "an open <b>abhorring</b>" (marg., "one in <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tabret.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cleaving.htm"><span class="l">Cleaving (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> & vb. n.) of Cleave. Multi-Version Concordance Cleaving (10 Occurrences). Romans<br> 12:9 Let love be unfeigned; <b>abhorring</b> evil; cleaving to good: (DBY YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cleaving.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/carcases.htm"><span class="l">Carcases (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither<br> shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an <b>abhorring</b> unto all flesh <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/carcases.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/abhors.htm"><span class="l">Abhors (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/abhors.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/abhor.htm"><span class="l">Abhor (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7:16); (shaqats), "to detest" (Psalm 22:24); (ta'abh), (ta`abh), "to contemn"<br> (Deuteronomy 23:7); (dera'on), "an object of contempt," "an <b>abhorring</b>" (Isaiah 66 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/abhor.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/abhorreth.htm"><span class="l">Abhorreth (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/abhorreth.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/steal.htm"><span class="l">Steal (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> thou who art saying not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou<br> who art <b>abhorring</b> the idols, dost thou rob temples? (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/steal.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sanctification.htm"><span class="l">Sanctification (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> "The more holy a man is, the more humble, self-renouncing, self-<b>abhorring</b>, and the<br> more sensitive to every sin he becomes, and the more closely he clings to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sanctification.htm - 45k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-horror-movies.html">Should a Christian watch scary movies/horror movies? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sinners-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-God.html">What is the “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” sermon? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/abhorring.htm">Abhorring: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Abhorring (3 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/2-22.htm">Romans 2:22</a></span><br />thou who art preaching not to steal, dost thou steal? thou who art saying not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou who art <span class="boldtext">abhorring</span> the idols, dost thou rob temples?<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/12-9.htm">Romans 12:9</a></span><br />Let love be unfeigned; <span class="boldtext">abhorring</span> evil; cleaving to good: <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a></span><br />And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an <span class="boldtext">abhorring</span> unto all flesh.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV WBS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/abhorring.htm">Abhorring</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/abhor.htm">Abhor (23 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/abi.htm">Abi (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/v/violate.htm">Violate (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/ordinances.htm">Ordinances (119 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/loathes.htm">Loathes (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/loathed.htm">Loathed (13 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/favorite.htm">Favorite (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/reject.htm">Reject (56 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/repulsive.htm">Repulsive (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dainty.htm">Dainty (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/despises.htm">Despises (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/deceitful.htm">Deceitful (46 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bloodthirsty.htm">Bloodthirsty (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/choicest.htm">Choicest (32 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/abhorring.htm">Abhorring (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/appetite.htm">Appetite (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spurn.htm">Spurn (13 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/statutes.htm">Statutes (178 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fail.htm">Fail (130 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/deceit.htm">Deceit (160 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/laws.htm">Laws (184 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/break.htm">Break (257 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/kinds.htm">Kinds (110 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/carry.htm">Carry (246 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gates.htm">Gates (156 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/redeemer.htm">Redeemer (42 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/commandments.htm">Commandments (181 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant (309 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/a/abhorreth.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Abhorreth"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Abhorreth" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/a/abhors.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Abhors"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Abhors" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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