Proverbs 15:8
The Lord hates the sacrifices of the wicked, but he loves the prayers of the good.
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7Wise people share their knowledge, but stupid people don't think like that.
9The Lord hates the ways of the wicked, but he loves those who do what is right.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:10The Lord considered that what Solomon asked for was good.
Psalms 17:1Lord, please hear my cry for justice! Please pay attention to my call for help! Listen to the prayer of an honest man!
Proverbs 15:29The Lord keeps his distance from the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the good.
Proverbs 28:9God hates the prayers of people who disregard the law.
Song of Solomon 2:14My dove is out of sight in the crevices of the rock, in the hiding places of the cliff. Please let me see you! Let me hear you! For you speak so sweetly, and you look so beautiful!
Isaiah 1:11What use are all your many sacrifices to me? asks the Lord. I am sick and tired of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of sacrificial animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and 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 →