Proverbs 15:29

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord is far from the wicked, but hears the prayer of the just.

Cross References

Job 35:13

But it is idle to say God does not hear or that the Almighty does not take notice.

Psalm 10:1

Why, Lord, do you stand afar and pay no heed in times of trouble?

Psalm 138:6

The Lord is on high, but cares for the lowly and knows the proud from afar.

Psalm 18:41

You made my foes expose their necks to me; those who hated me I silenced.

Psalm 73:27

But those who are far from you perish; you destroy those unfaithful to you.

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me, but will not find me,

Proverbs 15:30

A cheerful glance brings joy to the heart; good news invigorates the bones.

Proverbs 15:8

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

Isaiah 59:2

Rather, it is your crimes that separate you from your God, It is your sins that make him hide his face so that he does not hear you.

Matthew 25:46

And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if one is devout and does his will, he listens to him.

1 Peter 3:12

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears turned to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against evildoers.” Christian Suffering.