Definition and Context:
The term "sickening" refers to something that causes a feeling of disgust or revulsion. In a biblical context, it can be associated with actions, behaviors, or spiritual states that are abhorrent or detestable to God. The Bible often uses vivid imagery to describe sin and its effects, which can be perceived as sickening in the eyes of the Lord.

Biblical References:

1. Spiritual Lukewarmness:
In Revelation 3:16, the church in Laodicea is rebuked for being lukewarm, which is described as sickening to God: "So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth." This passage highlights the repulsive nature of half-hearted faith and the importance of fervent devotion.

2. Idolatry and Sin:
The Bible frequently describes idolatry and sin as detestable acts. In Ezekiel 6:9, God expresses His disgust with Israel's idolatry: "Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from Me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols." This illustrates how idolatry is sickening to God, as it represents a betrayal of His covenant.

3. Moral Corruption:
The moral decay of society is often depicted as sickening. In Isaiah 1:4-6, the prophet describes the sinful state of Israel: "Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are utterly estranged." The imagery of wounds and sores in this passage conveys the repulsiveness of their spiritual condition.

4. Hypocrisy:
Jesus condemns the hypocrisy of the Pharisees in Matthew 23:27-28: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness." This hypocrisy is sickening because it masks true spiritual decay with a facade of righteousness.

5. False Teachings:
In 2 Peter 2:1-2, false prophets and teachers are described as introducing destructive heresies: "But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute." The spread of false teachings is sickening as it leads believers astray and tarnishes the truth of the Gospel.

Theological Implications:
The concept of sickening in the Bible underscores the holiness of God and His intolerance for sin and spiritual compromise. It serves as a warning to believers to maintain purity, sincerity, and devotion in their relationship with God. The imagery used to describe what is sickening to God is intended to provoke a response of repentance and a return to righteousness.1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sicken.

2. (a.) Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating.

6973. quts -- to feel a loathing, abhorrence, or sickening dread
... quts. 6974 . to feel a loathing, abhorrence, or sickening dread. Transliteration:
quts Phonetic Spelling: (koots) Short Definition: dread. Word Origin a prim. ...
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The Lord and the Leper
... sin; and you know he calls it "that abominable thing which I hate." Oh, if men could
see their love to wrong things to be a disease more sickening than leprosy ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 34 1888/the lord and the leper.htm

The Water of Life (Preached at Westminster Abbey)
... We must have seen the treeless waste, the blazing sun, the sickening glare, the
choking dust, the parched rocks, the distant mountains quivering as in the ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon i the water of.htm

Christian Stewardship.
... Think, then, how chilling and soul-sickening the intelligence that met me as I landed
on my native shores, (in the spring of 1838,) that Christians were ...
/.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter ii christian stewardship.htm

Rome had Passed the Summits and Stood Looking into the Dark Valley ...
... and Sallust and Cicero and Catullus and Vergil and Horace; before her centuries
of madness and treading down; round about her a multitude sickening of luxury ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 1 rome had passed.htm

A Poor but Happy Boy.
... At his first sickening the poor child was greatly amazed and afraid; and though
his pains were great, and the distemper very tedious; nevertheless, the sense ...
/.../wesley/stories of boys and girls who loved the saviour/a poor but happy boy.htm

Post-Nicene Mothers
... It is true that, emerging from the sickening asceticism and rising above the
theological squabbles of the time, are mighty men and women of didactic and also ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/v post-nicene mothers.htm

Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel
... Above all, we are wholly spared those sickening details of private and public
immorality with which contemporary classical literature abounds. ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 9 mothers daughters and.htm

Chapter fourteen
... The same was also true of Henry Maxwell, who plunged into the horror of this fight
against whiskey and its allies with a sickening dread of each day's new ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter fourteen.htm

Harvest Joy
... That somebody who is now here would be the first to say, "If I am doing no good,
let somebody else come and try; for it would be sad and sickening business to ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/harvest joy.htm

"Pan, Pan is Dead"
... She goes among the crowds in the river bed, where the sun is hottest and the air
most polluted and the scenes on every side most sickening, and I go up the ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xxiii pan pan is.htm

Sickening (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sickening (2 Occurrences). Job 6:7 My soul is
refusing to touch! They 'are' as my sickening food. (YLT). ...
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Sickle (13 Occurrences)

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Refusing (21 Occurrences)
... of my husband's brother; (YLT). Job 6:7 My soul is refusing to touch! They
'are' as my sickening food. (YLT). Proverbs 13:18 Whoso ...
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Disgusting (149 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disgust. 2. (a.) That causes disgust; sickening; offensive;
revolting. Multi-Version Concordance Disgusting (149 Occurrences). ...
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Disgust (18 Occurrences)
... to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing;
strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt ...
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Sickly (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (superl.) Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale. 4. (superl.) Tending to
produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality. ...
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Sickbed (2 Occurrences)

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Scatterest (1 Occurrence)
... 22 And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod
of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, 'Go ...
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Scatter (65 Occurrences)
... 22 And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod
of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, 'Go ...
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Sayest (66 Occurrences)
... 22 And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod
of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, 'Go ...
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