Proverbs 28:9
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
In Context
8He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.
Cross References
Psalms 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, LORD will not hear.
Psalms 109:7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, and let his prayer be turned into sin.
Proverbs 21:13He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
2 Timothy 4:3For there will be time when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but they will accumulate teachers to themselves according to their own desires, who tickle the ear,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:9
8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Note, 1. That which is ill-got, though it may increase much, will not last long. A man may perhaps raise a great estate, in a little time, by usury and extortion, fraud, and oppression of the poor, but it will not continue; he gathers it for himself, but it shall prove to have been gathered for somebody else that he has no kindness for. His estate shall go to decay, and another man's shall be raised out… Read the whole commentary →