Proverbs 28:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer shall be abomination.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ He who turns away his ear from hearing the law [of God and man], even his prayer is an abomination, hateful and revolting [to God]. [Ps. 66:18; 109:7; Prov. 15:8; Zech. 7:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

Common English Bible

⁹ Those who turn their ears from hearing Instruction— even their prayers will be detested.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Whoever turns away his ears from listening to the law: his prayer will be detestable.

Proverbs 28:9 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 109:7

When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin!

Psalm 66:18

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Psalm 94:20

Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute?

Proverbs 10:3

The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 21:13

He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.

Isaiah 41:24

Behold, you are nothing, and your work is naught; an abomination is he who chooses you.

Jeremiah 14:12

Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and cereal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.