Proverbs 28:9
He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, even his prayer is an abomination.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
In Context
8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
Cross References
Psalms 66:18If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
Psalms 109:7When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
Proverbs 21:13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts,
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 →