Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ozen from mishmo'a torah (heeding torah), 1 even his tefillah (prayer) shall be to'evah (abomination). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 regard avon (iniquity, sin) in my lev, 1 Adonoi will not hear me; 1
Psalms 109:7When he shall be tried, let him be in the judgment condemned; 1 and let his tefillah (prayer) become sin. 1
Proverbs 21:13He who stoppeth his ozen at the cry of the dal (poor), 1 he also shall cry out himself, but shall not be heard. 1
Isaiah 58:7Is it not paras lechem (breaking bread of thine, i.e., serving food) to the hungry, 1 and that thou bring the homeless aniyyim (poor) to thy bais? 1 When thou seest the arom (naked), that thou cover him with clothing; 1 and that thou hide not thyself from thine own basar (flesh and blood, kinspeople)? 1
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to heed, 1 and stubbornly stiffened their shoulders, 1 stopped up their oznayim, that they not hear. 1
2 Timothy 4:3For there will be a time when sound charedi (orthodox) hora'ah they will not tolerate, but according to their ta'avot they will accumulate morim to tickle their ears.
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 →