Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools [is] not right.
9An abomination to Jehovah [is] the way of the wicked, And whoso is pursuing righteousness He loveth.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:10And the thing is good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon hath asked this thing,
Psalms 17:1A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.
Proverbs 15:29Far [is] Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.
Proverbs 28:9Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
Song of Solomon 2:14My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice [is] sweet, and thy appearance comely.
Isaiah 1:11'Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated [with] burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.
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 →