Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of the Lord: but, the prayer of the upright [obtaineth] his favor.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
7The lips of the wise scatter knowledge; but the heart of fools is not reliable.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:10And the speech was pleasing in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Psalms 17:1“A prayer of David.” Hear, O Lord, [the cause of] righteousness, attend unto my entreaty, give ear unto my prayer, coming from lips without deceit.
Proverbs 15:29The Lord is far from the wicked; but the prayer of the righteous doth he hear.
Proverbs 28:9When one turneth away his ear so as not to listen to the law, even his prayer becometh an abomination.
Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, who art in the clefts of the rock, in the recesses of the cliffs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is comely.—
Isaiah 1:11For what serveth me the multitude of your sacrifices? saith the Lord: I am sated with the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fatted beasts; and the blood of bullocks, and of sheep, and of he-goats, I do not desire.
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 →