Proverbs 28:9

The Passion Translation

If you close your heart and refuse to listen to God’s instruction, even your prayer will be despised.

Cross References

Psalm 66:18

Yet if I had closed my eyes to my sin, the Lord God would have closed his ears to my prayer.

Psalm 94:20

It’s obvious to all; you will have nothing to do with corrupt rulers who pass laws that empower evil and defeat what is right.

Proverbs 10:3

The Lord satisfies the longings of all his lovers, but he withholds from the wicked what their souls crave.

Proverbs 15:8

It is despicable to the Lord when people use the worship of the Almighty as a cloak for their sin, but every prayer of the righteous is pleasing to his heart.

Proverbs 21:13

If you close your heart to the cries of the poor, then I’ll close my ears when you cry out to me!

Proverbs 21:27

To bring an offering to God with an ulterior motive is detestable, for it amounts to nothing but hypocrisy.

Isaiah 41:24

But you are nothing at all! What have you ever accomplished? Whoever chooses to worship you is disgusting!

Jeremiah 14:12

They can fast and pray all they want, but I still won’t listen to their cry. Neither will I accept their burnt offerings and meal offerings that they present to me. I will destroy them by war, food shortages, and plague.”

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but only to godly people who do his will.