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Proverbs 28:9
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Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law—even his prayer is detestable.
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
One who turns his ear away from listening to the Law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
If you refuse to obey what you have been taught, your prayers will not be heard.
He who turns his ear away from listening to the law [of God and man], Even his prayer is repulsive [to God].
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
He that turneth away his eare fro hearing the Law, euen his prayer shalbe abominable.
He who turns away his ear from listening to the law,Even his prayer is an abomination.
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
God cannot stand the prayers of anyone who disobeys his Law.
If a person will not listen to Torah, even his prayer is an abomination.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
When people do not listen to God's teachings, he does not listen to their prayers.
He who closes his ears from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
If you do not obey the law, God will find your prayers too hateful to hear.
He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer is an abomination.
Whoever turns aside his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer is an abomination.
He that turneth awaye his eare from hearinge ye lawe, his prayer shalbe abhorred.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
He that turneth away his eare from hearing the law, euen his prayer shalbe abomination.
He that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe, his prayer shalbe abhominable.
Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
His preyer schal be maad cursid, that bowith awei his eere; that he here not the lawe.
He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is disgusting.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination.
The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
He who turns his ear away from listening to the law, even his prayer is a hated thing.
When one will not listen to the law, even one's prayers are an abomination.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing instruction, even his prayer, is an abomination.
He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
God has no use for the prayers of the people who won't listen to him.
He who turns away his ear from listening to the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
turneth: Proverbs 21:13, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 58:7-11, Zechariah 7:11-13, 2 Timothy 4:3, 2 Timothy 4:4
even: Proverbs 15:8, Psalms 66:18, Psalms 109:7, Luke 13:25-27
Reciprocal: Judges 9:7 - Hearken Job 27:9 - Will God Job 35:13 - God Psalms 99:7 - kept Psalms 119:150 - draw nigh Proverbs 16:12 - an Proverbs 21:27 - sacrifice Isaiah 30:9 - will not Isaiah 58:3 - exact Jeremiah 6:19 - nor to Jeremiah 11:15 - to do Jeremiah 14:12 - they fast Ezekiel 14:3 - should Ezekiel 20:3 - As I Ezekiel 20:31 - and shall Amos 5:21 - hate Micah 3:4 - cry Haggai 2:14 - So is this people Zechariah 7:13 - so Luke 5:33 - and make John 9:31 - we know James 5:16 - The effectual 1 John 3:17 - shutteth 1 John 3:22 - whatsoever
Cross-References
At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.
At the top of the stairway stood the Lord , and he said, "I am the Lord , the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.
But he was also afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!"
The descendants of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the descendants of Esau's wife Basemath.
The descendants of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clan leaders who descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,.... Not merely the moral law, but the word of God in general, and any and every doctrine of it; though the law is to be heard and attended to, what it commands and forbids, its precepts, menaces, and curses: indeed the Spirit of God is not received by the hearing of the law, nor does faith come by that; but by hearing the word of God, particularly the Gospel; which yet then turn away their ears from, and are turned to fables, and choose to hearken to anything rather than that; and, like the deaf adder, stop their ears to the voice of the charmer, charming ever so wisely; the folly and sad effects of which will be seen when too late;
even his prayer [shall be] abomination; that is, to God; not only his ungodly actions, but even his outward exercises of religion, which carry in them some show of goodness and holiness; and particularly his prayer to God, which in upright persons is the delight of the Lord; yet in such an one it will be abhorred by him; when he is in distress, and shall pray to the Lord, he will not only turn a deaf ear to him, as he has to his law or word, but he will despise and abhor him and his prayer; because he has set at nought his counsel, and despised his reproof, Proverbs 1:24.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 28:9. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law — Many suppose, if they do not know their duty, they shall not be accountable for their transgressions; and therefore avoid every thing that is calculated to enlighten them. They will not read the Bible, lest they should know the will of Good; and they will not attend Divine ordinances for the same reason. But this pretense will avail them nothing; as he that might have known his master's will, but would not, shall be treated as he shall be who did know it, and disobeyed it. Even the prayers of such a person as this are reputed sin before God.
