Proverbs 15:8
The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7The lips of the wise shall disperse knowledge: the heart of fools shall be unlike.
9The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: he that followeth justice is beloved by him.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:10And the word was pleasing to the Lord that Solomon had asked such a thing.
Psalms 17:1The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.
Proverbs 15:29The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.
Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be as abomination.
Song of Solomon 2:14My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
Isaiah 1:11To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:8
7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. This is to the same purport with v. 2 , and shows what a blessing a wise man is and what a burden a fool is to those about him. Only here observe further, 1. That we then use knowledge aright when we disperse it, not confine it to a few of our intimates, and grudge it to others who would make as good use of it, but give a portion of this spiritual alms to seven and also to eight, not only be communicative, but diffusive, of this… Read the whole commentary →