Proverbs 28:9
He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
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Cross References
Psalms 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Psalms 109:7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Proverbs 21:13Whoso stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not yourself from yours own flesh?
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
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 →