Proverbs 28:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law – even his prayer is 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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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.

Proverbs 28:9 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 10:3

The Lord will not let the righteous go hungry, but he denies the wicked what they crave.

Proverbs 15:8

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

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable  – how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!

Isaiah 41:24

Look, you are nothing and your work is worthless. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

Jeremiah 14:12

If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.’

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners,  but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will,  he listens to him.