Proverbs 28:9 - Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

English Standard Version 2016

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

Proverbs 28:9 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 109:7

He will drink from the torrent on the way. Because of this, he will exalt the head.

Proverbs 10:3

The Lord will not afflict with famine the soul of the just, and he will overthrow the treacheries of the impious.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifices of the impious are abominable to the Lord. The vows of the just are appeasing.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever blocks his ears to the outcry of the poor shall also cry out himself, and he will not be heeded.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifices of the impious are abominable, because they are offered out of wickedness.

Isaiah 41:24

Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.

Jeremiah 14:12

When they will fast, I will not heed their petitions. And if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not accept them. For I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence."

John 9:31

And we know that God does not hear sinners. But if anyone is a worshipper of God and does his will, then he heeds him.