Proverbs 15:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”
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“The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Far <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 15:29 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
- Psalms 18:41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
- Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
- Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- Psalms 73:27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
- Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Isaiah 55:8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
- Romans 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
- Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
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