Proverbs 15:29

American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working. 17 Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear: 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for [us] with groanings which cannot be uttered; 27 and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry. 16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 [ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

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  • Ps 34:15-19
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    15The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry.

    16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

    17[ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.

    18Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

  • Prov 28:9
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    9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

  • Ps 119:155
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    155Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.

  • Ps 17:1
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    1[A Prayer of David]. Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know [it] .

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 6:8-9
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    8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

    9Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

  • Job 22:18
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    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Ps 143:1
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    1[A Psalm of David]. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; Give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.

  • Isa 46:12
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    12Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:

  • Job 21:16
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    16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 3:32-33
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    32For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

    33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

  • Ps 102:17
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    17He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

  • Ps 66:18-19
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    18If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

    19But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.

  • Ps 4:3
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    3But know that Jehovah hath set apart for himself him that is godly: Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.

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    5Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Ps 37:28
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    28For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Ps 37:39
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    39But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

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    4Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Isa 59:2
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    2but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.