Proverbs 15:29

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The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

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  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to them.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. 19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But truly, God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. For we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspeakable groanings. 27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. 16 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry. 17 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the Lord is exalted, he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 Those who are far from You will perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 You have made my enemies turn their backs in retreat, and I destroy those who hate me.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 34:15-19
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    15Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

    16The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

    17The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.

    18The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles.

    19The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

    9The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

  • Prov 28:9
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    9If anyone turns away his ear from listening to the law, even his prayer is detestable.

  • Ps 119:155
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    155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek Your statutes.

  • Ps 17:1
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    1A prayer of David: Hear, O Lord, my just plea. Give attention to my cry, listen to my prayer; it is not from deceitful lips.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • Ps 6:8-9
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    8My eyes grow weak from sorrow; they fail because of all my adversaries.

    9Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3The LORD will not let the righteous go hungry, but He thrusts aside the craving of the wicked.

  • Job 22:18
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    18Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Ps 143:1
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    1A psalm of David. Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my pleas for mercy. In your faithfulness and righteousness, answer me.

  • Isa 46:12
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    12Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness.

  • Job 21:16
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    16But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 3:32-33
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    32For the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but His confidential counsel is with the upright.

    33The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.

  • Ps 102:17
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    17For the LORD has rebuilt Zion and has appeared in his glory.

  • Ps 66:18-19
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    18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

    19But truly, God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9The Lord will judge the peoples. Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He does not keep the wicked alive but gives justice to the afflicted.

  • Ps 4:3
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    3How long, O people, will my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vanity and seek lies? Selah.

  • Ps 11:5
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    5The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked—those who love violence—he hates with a passion.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

  • Ps 37:28
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    28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous brings only good, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

  • Ps 37:39
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    39The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; He is their stronghold in times of trouble.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

  • Ps 129:4
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    4The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked.

  • Ps 28:3
    69%

    3Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Evil people will bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • Isa 59:2
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    2But your iniquities have created a divide between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.