Proverbs 28:9

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

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 you, those who frame injustice 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 acceptable to him.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.

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 less than nothing; 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 grain 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 anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.