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Proverbs 15:29 King James Version (KJV)

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


Proverbs 15:29 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

29 The LORD H3068 is far H7350 from the wicked: H7563 but he heareth H8085 the prayer H8605 of the righteous. H6662


Proverbs 15:29 American Standard (ASV)

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


Proverbs 15:29 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

29 Far `is' Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.


Proverbs 15:29 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

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


Proverbs 15:29 World English Bible (WEB)

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


Proverbs 15:29 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

29 The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

Cross Reference

Psalms 145:18-19 KJV

The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Psalms 66:18-19 KJV

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Ephesians 2:12-13 KJV

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: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

James 5:16-18 KJV

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. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Psalms 34:15-17 KJV

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Romans 8:26-27 KJV

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. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Commentary on Proverbs 15 Keil & Delitzsch Commentary


Verses 1-6

We take these verses together as forming a group which begins with a proverb regarding the good and evil which flows from the tongue, and closes with a proverb regarding the treasure in which blessing is found, and that in which no blessing is found.

Proverbs 15:1

1 A soft answer turneth away wrath,

And a bitter word stirreth up anger.

In the second line, the common word for anger ( אף , from the breathing with the nostrils, Proverbs 14:17) is purposely placed, but in the first, that which denotes anger in the highest degree ( חמה from יחם , cogn. חמם , Arab. hamiya , to glow, like שׁנה from ישׁן ): a mild, gentle word turns away the heat of anger ( excandescentiam ), puts it back, cf. Proverbs 25:15. The Dagesh in רּך follows the rule of the דחיק , i.e. , of the close connection of a word terminating with the accented eh, aah, ah with the following word ( Michlol 63b). The same is the meaning of the Latin proverb:

Frangitur ira gravis

Quando est responsio suavis