Proverbs 28:9

His prayer shall be made cursed, that boweth away his ear (or who turneth away his ear), (so) that he hear not the law.

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In The King James Version

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

In Context

8He that gathereth together riches by usuries, and free (ly) (made) increases, gathereth those together against poor men. (He who gathereth together riches from high interest rates, and exorbitant increases, gathereth them together for him who will give them to the poor.)

10He that deceiveth just men in an evil way, shall fall in his perishing; and just men shall wield his goods. (He who deceiveth the righteous in an evil way, shall fall in his perishing; and the righteous shall possess his goods.)

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Cross References

Psalms 66:18If I beheld wickedness in mine heart; the Lord shall not hear. (And if I had still held wickedness in my heart; then the Lord would not have heard me.)

Psalms 109:7When he is deemed, go he out condemned; and his prayer be made into sin. (When he is judged, let him go out condemned; and let his prayer be made into sin.)

Proverbs 21:13He that stoppeth his ear at the cry of a poor man, shall cry also (or shall also cry), and he shall not be heard.

Isaiah 58:7Break thy bread to the hungry man, and bring into thine house needy men and harbourless; when thou seest a naked man, cover thou him, and despise not thy flesh, that is, brother or sister. (Yea, break thy bread with the hungry, and bring into thy house the needy and the harbourless, that is, the homeless; when thou seest a naked person, cover thou him, and despise not thy flesh, that is, thy own brother, or thy own sister.)

Zechariah 7:11And they would not take heed, and they turned away the shoulder, and went away, and made heavy their ears (or and closed their ears), lest they heard.

2 Timothy 4:3For (the) time shall be, when men shall not suffer [or shall not sustain] wholesome teaching (or when men shall not allow or permit wholesome teaching), but at their desires they shall gather together to themselves masters (or teachers) itching [or pleasing] to the 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 →

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