Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his eare from hearing the Law, euen his prayer shalbe abominable.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me.
Psalms 109:7Whe he shalbe iudged, let him be condemned, and let his praier be turned into sinne.
Proverbs 21:13He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh?
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their eares, that they should not heare.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but hauing their eares itching, shall after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers,
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 →