God HATES These Seven Things

The seven things God hates are revealed in Proverbs 6 16–19. What does God hate—and why? From pride to sowing discord, this Bible passage explains God’s warning and the danger of ignoring it.

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These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him (Proverbs 6 16).
What are the seven things God hates?
God gives a clear list of seven things He hates. Proverbs 6 16–19 lists pride, lying, violence, evil plans, running to sin, false witness, and sowing discord among brethren.
But what makes these behaviors especially disturbing is that they’re all characteristics of Satan the Devil. Every single one.
And if God chose to spell them out this plainly, we should pay attention, because we’re all vulnerable if we’re not watching ourselves.
It starts with what He calls “a proud look.”
That look of arrogance, haughtiness, or a sense of superiority—when someone thinks he’s better than others or has an exaggerated sense of his own importance or abilities.
Pride isn’t just a bad personality trait.
It’s the very attitude that started Satan’s downfall. Scripture describes this clearly.
Your heart was lifted up [or proud] because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor… (Ezekiel 28:17).
For you have said in your heart: “I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God… I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High” (Isaiah 14 13–14).
That’s the danger. Pride makes you forget your place before God.
And this is why He hates it—because none of us is better than another, and we’re certainly not better than Him.
Pride leads to strife (Proverbs 13 10), destruction of relationships (Proverbs 16:18), spiritual blindness, and the inability to see yourself as you truly are (Revelation 3 17).
Pride doesn’t just lift you up, it cuts you off.
We all have some level of it to overcome. But when someone lets pride consume him, he becomes hard to be around precisely because he believes he’s better than everyone else. And once a person thinks he’s above others, he slips into the trap of thinking he has nothing to change, nothing to improve.
Revelation warns about this attitude.
Because you say, “I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing”—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked… I counsel you to… anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see (Revelation 3 17–18).
Pride convinces you you’re fine, while spiritually you’re in danger.
And it’s because of this that Proverbs 26:12 says: Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Though, if you struggle with pride, God will grant repentance to those who humble themselves.
The second thing God calls out is “a lying tongue.”
And here’s the blunt truth: When can you believe a liar? Never, even when they’re telling the truth. Why? Because someone who’s okay with lying will say whatever gets them the result they want—truth or lie, it makes no difference to them.
If truth is optional to someone, trust becomes impossible.
A liar simply cannot be trusted. Any time or energy spent trying to figure out which statements are true and which are lies is ultimately futile.
And Scripture shows us exactly where lying comes from.
Satan is the originator of lies—the first recorded one in the Bible when he said, “You will not surely die” (Genesis 3 4).
Jesus even more directly said Satan “does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it” (John 8 44).
Lies aren’t just harmful on a personal level—they connect us to Satan’s character, not God’s.
Lying is destructive. It hurts the person being lied to, and it damages the character of the one telling the lie. And rebuilding trust afterward? It takes time—and can be extremely difficult.
Lying leads to a seared conscience (1 Timothy 4 2). And it becomes nearly impossible for anyone, including God, to trust that person’s words.
And if there isn’t genuine repentance from the heart, the Bible is absolutely clear.