Proverbs 15:29

In 11 translations

BSB

The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

KJV

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

WEB

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

ASV

Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

LSV

YHWH [is] far from the wicked, || And He hears the prayer of the righteous.

YLT

Far [is] Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.

DBY

Jehovah is far from the wicked; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

DRC

The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.

GNV

The Lord is farre off from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

JPS

The LORD is far from the wicked; but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.

LXXE

God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. Better are small receipts with righteousness, than abundant fruits with unrighteousness. Let the heart of a man think justly, that his steps may be rightly ordered of God.

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WLC

רָח֣וֹק יְ֭הוָה מֵרְשָׁעִ֑ים וּתְפִלַּ֖ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים יִשְׁמָֽע׃

LXX-Br

Μακρὰν ἀπέχει ὁ Θεὸς ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν, εὐχαῖς δὲ δικαίων ἐπακούει· κρείσσων ὀλίγη λῆψις μετὰ δικαιοσύνης, ἢ πολλὰ γεννήματα μετὰ ἀδικίας. Καρδία ἀνδρὸς λογιζέσθω δίκαια, ἵνα ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ διορθωθῇ τὰ διαβήματα αὐτοῦ.

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• 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.
• Psalms 145:18–19The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
• 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.”
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Psalms 34:15–17The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry. But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the…
• James 5:16–18Therefore 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. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would…
• Romans 8:26–27In 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. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of…
• Ephesians 2:12–13remember 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. But now in Christ Jesus you…
• Psalms 66:18–19If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
• Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
• Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
• Psalms 73:27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
• Isaiah 55:8–9“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
• 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.

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