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Proverbs 28:9

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

KJV

Qui declinat aures suas ne audiat legem, oratio ejus erit execrabilis.

Vulgate

ὁ ἐκκλίνων τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ μὴ εἰσακοῦσαι νόμου, καὶ αὐτὸς τὴν προσευχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐβδέλυκται.

LXX

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

ASV

מֵסִ֣יר אָ֭זְנ/וֹ מִ/שְּׁמֹ֣עַ תּוֹרָ֑ה גַּֽם תְּ֝פִלָּת֗/וֹ תּוֹעֵבָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
י
y
noun · 221×
י
y
noun · 77×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tv'bt
noun · 118×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Is prayer an act of the appetitive or of the cognitive power? Is it fitting to pray to God? Is prayer an act of religion? Should we pray to God alone? Should we ask for something definite when we pray? Should we ask for temporal things when we pray? Should we pray for others? Should we pray for our enemies? The seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer Is prayer proper to the ration…

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:17 — But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
  • 2Tim 4:3 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
  • Amos 5:21 — I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
  • Ezek 14:3 — Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
  • Ezek 20:3 — Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
  • Hag 2:14 — Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
  • Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 30:9 — That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
  • Isa 58:3 — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours
  • Isa 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own fl
  • Jas 5:16 — Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
  • Job 27:9 — Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
  • John 9:31 — Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
  • Judg 9:7 — And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto yo
  • Luke 13:25 — When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto yo
  • Prov 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 16:12 — It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
  • Prov 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
  • Prov 21:27 — The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
  • Ps 66:18 — If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
  • Ps 66:18 — If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
  • Ps 109:7 — When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
  • Ps 109:7 — When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
  • Ps 119:150 — They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
  • Zech 7:11 — But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
  • Zech 7:13 — Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: