Proverbs 15:29
Yahweh does not listen [MTY] to what wicked people request him to do; he listens to righteous people when they pray.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 10:1Yahweh, ◄why are you far away from us?/it seems that you are far away from us.► [RHQ] Why do you not pay attention when we have troubles [RHQ]?
Psalms 34:15Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who act righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call to him for help.
Psalms 66:18If I had ignored the sins that I had committed, the Lord would not have paid any attention to me.
Psalms 138:6Yahweh, you are supreme, but you take care of people who are considered to be unimportant. And you know what proud people are doing, even though they are far away from you and think that you do not see them.
Proverbs 15:8Yahweh detests the sacrifices that are offered by wicked people; what delights/pleases him very much are the prayers of righteous/good people.
Isaiah 59:2But, you have separated yourselves from your God by the sins that you have committed. Because of your sins, he has turned away from you, with the result that he does not pay attention to what you request him to do.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:29
28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. Here is, 1. A good man proved to be a wise man by this, that he governs his tongue well; he that does so the same is a perfect man, Jam. iii. 2 . It is part of the character of a righteous man that being convinced of the account he must give of his words, and of the good and bad influence of them upon others, he makes conscience of speaking truly (it is his heart that answers, that is, he speaks as he thinks, and… Read the whole commentary →