Proverbs 28:9
God hates the prayers of people who disregard the law.
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In The King James Version
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
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Psalms 66:18If I had focused my mind on evil, the Lord would not have listened to me.
Psalms 109:7When he is judged and sentenced, may he be found guilty. Let his prayers be counted as sins.
Proverbs 21:13If you refuse to hear the cries of the poor, your cries won't be heard either.
Isaiah 58:7Share your food with the hungry, take the poor and homeless into your house. When you see people naked, give them clothes, and don't reject your own relatives.
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to listen. They were obstinate, turning their backs and closing their ears.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time is coming when people won't bother to listen to true teaching. Instead they will be curious to listen to something different, and will surround themselves with teachers who'll tell them what they want to hear.
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 →