Proverbs 15:29

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The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 9:31 : 31 We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts. 19 To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
  • 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working. 17 Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me: 19 But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say; 27 And he who is the searcher of hearts has knowledge of the mind of the Spirit, because he is making prayers for the saints in agreement with the mind of God.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth. 17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. 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 will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 34:15-19
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    15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

    16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

    17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

    18 The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

    19 Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8 The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

    9 The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28 The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

  • Prov 28:9
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    9 As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.

  • Ps 119:155
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    155 Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made no search for your rules.

  • Ps 17:1
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    1 <A Prayer. Of David.> Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Ps 6:8-9
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    8 Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.

    9 The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3 The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Job 22:18
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    18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • Ps 143:1
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    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

  • Isa 46:12
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    12 Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:

  • Job 21:16
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    16 Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

  • Prov 3:32-33
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    32 For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

    33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Ps 102:17
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    17 When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.

  • Ps 66:18-19
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    18 I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

    19 But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

  • Job 36:6
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    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Ps 4:3
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    3 See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

  • Ps 11:5
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    5 The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Ps 37:28
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    28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Ps 37:39
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    39 But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

  • Ps 129:4
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    4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7 For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Isa 59:2
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    2 But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.