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 far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.

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

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

He heareth

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," says Yahweh.

We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

General references

Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.