Proverbs 15:29

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Summary

Proverbs 15:29

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Far

He heareth

General references

Genesis 20:17

Bible References

Far

Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?
Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who

are unfaithful to You.

For though the Lord is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ,

excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

He heareth

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.

If I

regard wickedness in my heart,

The Lord will not hear;

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

“For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears attend to their prayer,
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

General references

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children.