Proverbs 28:9
When one turneth away his ear so as not to listen to the law, even his prayer becometh an abomination.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 66:18If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard;
Psalms 109:7When he is to be judged, let him go forth guilty, and let his prayer become sin.
Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears against the cry of the poor, he also will cry himself, but shall not be answered.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to distribute thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the afflicted poor into thy house! when thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him; and that thou hide not thyself from thy own flesh?
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to listen, and turned away rebelliously the shoulder, and stopped their ears, so as not 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 →