The Hated Six - God Hates Wicked Hearts and Evil Feet
Dave Riddle - 8/20/2023
Key Passage: Proverbs 6:16-19
Seven are Detestable to Him
“Detestable” = tôʿēḇâ: Something disgusting (morally), an abhorrence, especially an idol or idolatry. Often translated “an abomination”
A Heart That Plots Wicked Schemes
“Heart” = lēḇ - inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
“Wicked” = āven - to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught; nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness
What we think is right
Proverbs 15:12 / Most of Judges
The way the seems right to us is the way that leads to death.
We plot towards nothingness and scheme towards vanity
Romans 6:23 - the wages of sin is death…
Psalm 14:1 - …there is no one who does good.
We plot… and then eagerly run to do evil
Proverbs 6:18
What the heart plots to do, the feet are eager to carry out
Run = mâhar - to be liquid or flow easily
Proverbs 6:12-17
Genesis 6:5-6 - God sees the wickedness of our hearts and it breaks his heart.
The Answer
Christ alone.
Ephesians 2:8
We can be saved, by grace, through faith.