Proverbs 28:9
מֵסִיר אָזְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה גַּֽם ־ תְּפִלָּתוֹ תּוֹעֵבָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
In Context
8מַרְבֶּה הוֹנוֹ בְּנֶשֶׁךְ ובתרבית לְחוֹנֵן דַּלִּים יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ ׃
10מַשְׁגֶּה יְשָׁרִים ׀ בְּדֶרֶךְ רָע בִּשְׁחוּתוֹ הֽוּא ־ יִפּוֹל וּתְמִימִים יִנְחֲלוּ ־ טֽוֹב ׃
Cross References
Psalms 66:18אָוֶן אִם ־ רָאִיתִי בְלִבִּי לֹא יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֲדֹנָֽי ׃
Psalms 109:7בְּהִשָּׁפְטוֹ יֵצֵא רָשָׁע וּתְפִלָּתוֹ תִּהְיֶה לַֽחֲטָאָֽה ׃
Proverbs 21:13אֹטֵם אָזְנוֹ מִזַּעֲקַת ־ דָּל גַּֽם ־ הוּא יִקְרָא וְלֹא יֵעָנֶֽה ׃
Isaiah 58:7הֲלוֹא פָרֹס לָֽרָעֵב לַחְמֶךָ וַעֲנִיִּים מְרוּדִים תָּבִיא בָיִת כִּֽי ־ תִרְאֶה עָרֹם וְכִסִּיתוֹ וּמִבְּשָׂרְךָ לֹא תִתְעַלָּֽם ׃
Zechariah 7:11וַיְמָאֲנוּ לְהַקְשִׁיב וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרָרֶת וְאָזְנֵיהֶם הִכְבִּידוּ מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ ׃
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 →