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 Jehovah? Will You hide in times of trouble?

The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

For lo, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all who go lusting away from You.

Though Jehovah is high, yet He has respect to the lowly; but the proud He knows afar off.

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.

and that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.

He heareth

The sacrifice of the wicked is a hateful thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The eyes of Jehovah are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear;

Jehovah is near all those who call on Him, all those who call on Him in truth.

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways, says Jehovah.

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

Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Confess faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous one avails much.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears open to their prayers. But the Lord's face is against those who do evil.

General references

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his slave women, and they gave birth.