Proverbs 28:9 He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. 1. It is by the Word of God and prayer that our communion with God is kept up. God speaks to us by His law, and expects we should hear Him and heed Him; we speak to Him by prayer, to which we wait for an answer of peace. 2. If God's Word be not regarded by us, our prayers shall not only not be acceptable to God, but they shall be an abomination to Him; not only our sacrifices, which were ceremonial appointments, but even our prayers, which are moral duties, and which, when they are put up by the upright, are so much His delight. The sinner whose prayers God is thus angry at is one who wilfully and obstinately refuses to obey God's commandments, who will not so much as give them the hearing, but causes his ear to decline the law, and refuses when God calls. God will therefore justly refuse him when he calls. ( Matthew Henry.) Parallel Verses KJV: He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.WEB: He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. |
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