Proverbs 15:29
ContextNETBible | The Lord is far 1 from the wicked, but he hears 2 the prayer of the righteous. 3 |
XREF | Ps 10:1; Ps 34:15-17; Ps 34:16; Ps 66:18,19; Ps 73:27; Ps 138:6; Ps 145:18,19; Pr 15:8; Isa 55:8,9; Mt 25:46; Joh 9:31; Ro 8:26,27; Eph 2:12,13; Jas 5:16-18; 1Pe 3:12 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn To say that the 2 sn The verb “hear” (שָׁמַע, shama’) has more of the sense of “respond to” in this context. If one “listens to the voice of the 3 sn God’s response to prayer is determined by the righteousness of the one who prays. A prayer of repentance by the wicked is an exception, for by it they would become the righteous (C. H. Toy, Proverbs [ICC], 316). |