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Proverbs 6:16
New Catholic Bible

Six Things That the Lord Hates[a]

16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
    seven that are abhorrent to him:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:16 This is the first “numerical proverb”; it reflects a popular way of coining incisive maxims that are easy to remember and imitate, being a kind of conundrum. Here the description of the deceitful and liars is rendered more realistic by the enumeration that evokes the different parts of the human body.
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