Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · Chapter 6
Seven Things God Can’t Stand
This isn’t a vague mood God’s in. It’s a list. Seven specific things, and three of the seven are about what comes out of your mouth or what it does to the people around you.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 6:16
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:17
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 6:18
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 6:19
IThe Hebrew, opened up
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a lie, a sham, a falsehood — not just a wrong fact, a built thing meant to deceive
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discord, strife, a quarrel stirred up between people — from a root meaning “to contend, to judge against”
Sheqer isn’t a slip of the tongue. It’s a lie you build on purpose — shading a story, padding a number, telling someone what they want to hear instead of what’s true. God puts it in the same list as murder and violence. He doesn’t rank it as a small sin. Medanim isn’t disagreement — it’s discord somebody actively plants, like seed in a field. The verse doesn’t say “he that gets caught in discord,” it says “he that soweth” it. That’s a worker, doing a job. The job God hates is being the one who starts the fight or keeps it going.
IIWhat this actually means
Look at the shape of the list: a proud look, a lying tongue, violent hands, a plotting heart, feet running toward trouble, a false witness, somebody sowing discord. Four of the seven are about speech or relationships. God isn’t just watching what you do to people with your hands — He’s watching what you do to them with your mouth and your version of events. He’s asking you to be a person whose word can be trusted and who doesn’t go looking for a fight.
IIIObey it today
When you’re tempted today to shade the truth — tell your boss the job’s further along than it is, tell your spouse a smaller number than the real one, tell a customer “no problem” when there is one — stop and say the plain true thing instead, even if it costs you something right now.
When a group text, a work chat, or a conversation with family starts turning into “let’s you and him fight,” don’t add the comment that pours gas on it. Either say one thing that cools it down or just don’t send anything at all.
If someone today asks you to back up a story at work or in the family that you know isn’t straight — cover for them, vouch for them, sign off on it — tell them no, plainly, today, instead of going along with it and sorting it out later.
PrayerLord, when my mouth wants to shade the truth or my hands want to stir up a fight today, stop me before I do it, not after.
Keep this in your chest
“A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
Proverbs 6:16-19