Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:10And this pleased the Lord well, that Salomon had desired this thing.
Psalms 17:1The prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lord, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained.
Proverbs 15:29The Lord is farre off from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his eare from hearing the Law, euen his prayer shalbe abominable.
Song of Solomon 2:14My doue, that art in the holes of ye rocke, in the secret places of the staires, shewe mee thy sight, let mee heare thy voyce: for thy voyce is sweete, and thy sight comely.
Isaiah 1:11What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.
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 →