Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'abomination' occurs 92 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'abomination' in the standard works and contain 23.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 11:10-13 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:13 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 29:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)


Deut. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

 7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.




Prov. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 72 74 146
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 13 3 16
Deut. 12 5 17
1 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 3 1 4
2 Kgs. 3 4 7
2 Chr. 0 5 5
Ezra 0 3 3
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 20 1 21
Isa. 4 1 5
Jer. 4 6 10
Ezek. 4 42 46
Dan. 2 1 3
Hosea 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 4 2 6
BM 11 75 86
DC 2 10 12
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 92 164 256

Deut. 7:25
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

Deut. 7:26
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

Deut. 12:31
Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

Deut. 13:14
Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

Deut. 17:1
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

Deut. 17:4
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

Deut. 18:9
When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

Deut. 18:12
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

Deut. 20:18
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.

Deut. 22:5
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

Deut. 23:18
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

Deut. 24:4
Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Deut. 25:16
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

Deut. 27:15
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Deut. 29:17
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

Deut. 32:16
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.