THEOSISProverbs 28:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.
מֵסִ֣יר אָ֭זְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹ֣עַ תּוֹרָ֑ה גַּֽם־תְּ֝פִלָּת֗וֹ תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 66 (65):18
- 2 Tim 4:3For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears:
- 2 Tim 4:4And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.
- Isa 1:15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
- Isa 1:16Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely,
- Zech 7:11But they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear.
- Zech 7:13And it came to pass that as he spoke, and they heard not: so shall they cry, and I will not hear, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Ps 109 (108):7