Proverbs 15:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • John 9:31 : 31 Now we know that God does not hear sinners: but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfill the desire of those who 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 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 open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 19 But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the LORD is high, yet He respects the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are 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 everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

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

    16The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

    17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

    18The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart; and saves such as have a contrite spirit.

    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, 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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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Prov 28:9
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    9He who turns 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 do not seek Your statutes.

  • Ps 17:1
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    1Hear my plea, O LORD, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Ps 6:8-9
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    8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

    9The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance 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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    1Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my supplications: in Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness.

  • Isa 46:12
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    12Listen to me, you stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

  • Job 21:16
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    16Indeed, 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 person is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

    33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked: but he blesses the dwelling of the just.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Ps 102:17
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    17He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer.

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

    19But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

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

    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • Ps 4:3
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    3But know that the LORD has set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call to him.

  • Ps 11:5
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    5The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Ps 37:28
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    28For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants 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 from the LORD; he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

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

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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