Proverbs 28:9
Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
In Context
8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
Cross References
Psalms 66:18Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.
Psalms 109:7In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
Proverbs 21:13Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?
Zechariah 7:11And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.
2 Timothy 4:3for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers — itching in the hearing,
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 →