Proverbs 15:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • John 9:31 : 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him heareth he.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The Lord is neere vnto all that call vpon him: yea, to all that call vpon him in trueth. 19 He wil fulfill the desire of them that feare him: he also wil heare their cry, and wil saue them.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.
  • 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous, & his eares are open vnto their prayers: and the face of the Lord is against them that do euil.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 That ye were, I say, at that time without Christ, and were alients from the common wealth of Israel, and were strangers from the couenants of promise, and had no hope, and were without God in the world. 13 But nowe in Christ Iesus, ye which once were farre off, are made neere by the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Acknowledge your faultes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: for the prayer of a righteous man auaileth much, if it be feruent. 17 Helias was a man subiect to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rayne, and it rayned not on the earth for three yeeres and sixe moneths. 18 And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, and the earth brought forth her fruite.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me. 19 But God hath heard me, & considered the voyce of my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we knowe not what to pray as wee ought: but the Spirit it selfe maketh request for vs with sighs, which cannot be expressed. 27 But he that searcheth the heartes, knoweth what is the meaning of the Spirit: for he maketh request for ye Saints, according to the wil of God.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of the Lord are vpon the righteous, and his eares are open vnto their crie. 16 But the face of the Lord is against them that doe euill, to cut off their remembrance from the earth. 17 The righteous crie, and the Lorde heareth them, and deliuereth them out of all their troubles.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 For the Lord is high: yet he beholdeth the lowly, but the proude he knoweth afarre off.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 For loe, they that withdrawe themselues from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that goe a whoring from thee.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou farre off, O Lorde, and hidest thee in due time, euen in afflictio?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cryed but there was none to saue them, euen vnto the Lorde, but hee answered them not.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughtes are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, sayth the Lord. 9 For as ye heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughtes aboue your thoughts.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall goe into euerlasting paine, and the righteous into life eternall.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    15The eyes of the Lord are vpon the righteous, and his eares are open vnto their crie.

    16But the face of the Lord is against them that doe euill, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.

    17The righteous crie, and the Lorde heareth them, and deliuereth them out of all their troubles.

    18The Lord is neere vnto them that are of a contrite heart, and will saue such as be afflicted in Spirite.

    19Great are the troubles of the righteous: but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous, & his eares are open vnto their prayers: and the face of the Lord is against them that do euil.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination vnto the Lord: but he loueth him that followeth righteousnes.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.

  • Prov 28:9
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    9He that turneth away his eare fro hearing the Law, euen his prayer shalbe abominable.

  • Ps 119:155
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    155Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.

  • Ps 17:1
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    1The prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lorde, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.

    30The righteous shall neuer be remooued: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 6:8-9
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    8Away from mee all ye workers of iniquitie: for the Lorde hath heard the voyce of my weeping.

    9The Lord hath heard my petition: the Lord will receiue my prayer.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

    17For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3The Lord will not famish the soule of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

  • Job 22:18
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    18Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.

  • Ps 143:1
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    1A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my prayer, O Lorde, and hearken vnto my supplication: answere me in thy trueth and in thy righteousnes.

  • Isa 46:12
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    12Heare me, ye stubburne hearted, that are farre from iustice.

  • Job 21:16
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    16Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.

  • Prov 3:32-33
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    32For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

    33The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Ps 102:17
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    17And shall turne vnto the prayer of the desolate, and not despise their prayer.

  • Ps 66:18-19
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    18If I regard wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me.

    19But God hath heard me, & considered the voyce of my prayer.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5Therefore the wicked shall not stande in the iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.

    6For the Lorde knoweth the way of the righteous, & the way of the wicked shal perish.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an ende: but guide thou the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.

  • Ps 4:3
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    3For be ye sure that the Lorde hath chosen to himselfe a godly man: the Lorde will heare when I call vnto him.

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    5The Lorde will try the righteous: but the wicked and him that loueth iniquitie, doeth his soule hate.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner?

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Ps 37:28
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    28For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • Ps 37:39
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    39But the saluation of the righteous men shalbe of the Lord: he shalbe their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.

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    4But the righteous Lorde hath cut the cordes of the wicked.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7For the righteous Lorde loueth righteousnes: his countenance doeth beholde the iust.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

  • Isa 59:2
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    2But your iniquities haue separated betweene you and your God, and your sinnes haue hidde his face from you, that he will not heare.