Proverbs 15:29
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 15
“The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.”Proverbs 15:29
What Does Proverbs 15:29 Mean?
Proverbs 15:29 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 15, verse 29 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 15:29 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 5:16“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”John 9:31“Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.”Isaiah 59:2“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”1 John 5:14“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:”Psalms 66:18“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:”1 John 5:15“And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.”1 Peter 3:12“For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.”Proverbs 15:8“The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.”Psalms 145:18“The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.”Psalms 145:19“He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.”Psalms 34:15“The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.”1 John 3:22“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.”Romans 8:26“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”Ephesians 2:12“That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:”Job 35:13“Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.”Psalms 138:6“Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.”Exodus 33:7“And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.”Psalms 73:27“For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.”Isaiah 55:8“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.”Matthew 25:46“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”
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