“ The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. ”
Compare John 9:31 .
Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverbs 15:11 ) is noteworthy as showing an extended con...
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The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. The Lord is far from the wicked - He is neither near to hear, nor near to help.
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. The Lord is far from the wicked (i:e., far from 'hearing their prayer'): but he heareth the prayer of the The Lor...
1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
He heareth the prayer of the righteous. — For they desire above all things to do His will, and so their petitions to this effect are heard by Him.
CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A m...
Words in Season Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said to be nine-tenths of...
Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to...
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh a...
The Lord [is] far from the wicked ,.... Not as to his essence or powerful presence, which is everywhere, for he is God omnipresent; but with respect to his favour and good will, he is far from helpi...
The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. Ver. 29. The Lord is far from the wicked. ] He was so from the proud Pharisee, who yet got as near God as he could, p...
The Lord is far from the wicked They set him at defiance, and therefore he sets himself at a distance from them; they say to the Almighty, Depart from us , and he accordingly does depart, and is f...
29 The L ORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. Note, 1. God sets himself at a distance from those that set him at defiance: The wicked say to th...
Is far from the wicked, to wit, when they pray to him, as the next clause explains, and therefore doth not hear nor regard them, as he is said to be nigh to the righteous, Psalms 34:18 , Psalms...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:29 GOD NEAR AND FAR OFF I. God is not far from the wicked in a local sense . The most wicked man upon the face of the earth lives and moves and has his being by...
Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, sa...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and...
v. 29. The Lord is far from the wicked, so that they cannot reach Him with their hypocritical form of worship; but He heareth the prayer of the righteous, they have free access to the throne of m...
1 Peter 3:12 ; Ephesians 2:12 ; Ephesians 2:13 ; Isaiah 55:8 ; Isaiah 55:9 ; James 5:16-18 ; John 9:31 ; Matthew 25:46 ; Proverbs 15:8 ; Psalms 10:1 ; Psalms 138:6 ; Psalms 145:18 ; Psal...