Proverbs 28:9

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If anyone turns away his ear from listening to the law, even his prayer is detestable.

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  • Ps 66:18 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  • Ps 109:7 : 7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer become sin.
  • Zech 7:11-13 : 11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts. 13 'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Remove your evil deeds from My sight; stop doing evil.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, clothe them, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood. 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. 9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing finger, and malicious talk. 10 If you offer yourself to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday. 11 The Lord will guide you continually, and he will satisfy your soul in parched places and strengthen your bones. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  • Luke 13:25-27 : 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.' 26 'Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 'But he will reply, 'I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!'
  • 2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they will gather teachers for themselves to satisfy their itching ears. 4 They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:13
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    13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

  • Prov 15:29
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    29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.

  • Prov 28:4
    72%

    4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • 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 15:31-32
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    31The ear that listens to life-giving correction will dwell among the wise.

    32Those who ignore discipline despise themselves, but those who heed correction gain understanding.

  • Prov 22:17
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    17Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge.

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

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Poverty and shame come to those who ignore discipline, but those who heed correction are honored.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18Otherwise, the LORD will see and disapprove, and He may turn His anger away from them.

  • Job 36:10
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    10He opens their ears to instruction and tells them to turn away from iniquity.

  • Job 34:27-28
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    27Because they turned away from following Him and did not regard any of His ways,

    28He causes the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

  • 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.

  • Zech 7:11
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    11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

  • Prov 19:27
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    27Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.

  • 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.

  • Isa 28:23
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    23Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear my words.

  • Deut 30:17
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    17But if your heart turns away and you do not obey, and if you are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,

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

  • Ps 50:17
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    17For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

  • Jer 9:13
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    13Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and went after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

  • Prov 29:24
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    24Whoever partners with a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse but does not testify.

  • Job 15:4
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    4But you are tearing down reverence and diminishing devotion to God.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

  • Jer 6:19
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    19Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to My words and have rejected My law.

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

  • Prov 1:8
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    8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • Deut 30:10
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    10if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.

  • Eccl 5:1
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    1Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart rush to speak anything before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.

  • 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.

  • Prov 8:33
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    33Listen to instruction and be wise; do not neglect it.

  • 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.

  • Isa 1:15
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    15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.

  • Mic 3:4
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    4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the evil they have done.

  • Rev 13:9
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    9If anyone has ears to hear, let them listen.

  • Prov 4:20
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    20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17The one who heeds discipline is on the path of life, but the one who rejects correction leads others astray.

  • Deut 28:15
    69%

    15But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commandments and statutes I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in his ways and rich.

  • Ps 86:6
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    6Listen, Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the sound of my pleas for mercy.

  • Prov 13:13
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    13Whoever despises the word will bring destruction upon themselves, but respecting the commandment brings a reward.

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

  • Ps 78:1
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    1A teaching of Asaph. Listen, my people, to my instruction; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 2:2
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    2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,