Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to YHWH, || And the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
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7The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, || And the heart of fools [is] not right.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:10And the thing is good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon has asked this thing,
Psalms 17:1A PRAYER OF DAVID. Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend my cry, || Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.
Proverbs 15:29YHWH [is] far from the wicked, || And He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 28:9Whoever is turning his ear from hearing the Law, || Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
Song of Solomon 2:14My dove, in clefts of the rock, || In a secret place of the ascent, || Cause me to see your appearance, || Cause me to hear your voice, || For your voice [is] sweet, and your appearance lovely.”
Isaiah 1:11“Why the abundance of your sacrifices to Me?” says YHWH, || “I have been satiated [with] burnt-offerings of rams, || And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, || And I have not desired male 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 →