Proverbs 15:29

World English Bible (2000)

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on 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 made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, 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 open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 that you 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 you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened. 19 But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered. 27 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. 16 Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 For, behold, 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 far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," says Yahweh. 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 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

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    15 Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

    16 Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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

    18 Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

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    12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

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    8 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

    9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

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    28 The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

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    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

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    8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

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    16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

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    18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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    12 Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:

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    16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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    32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

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    18 If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.

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    21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

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    2 but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.