The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:29

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The Lord is far from the wicked. The maxim is similar to that in Proverbs 15:8 and John 9:31, "We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth."

God is said to be "far" in the sense of not listening, not regarding with favour (comp. Psalms 10:1). His attention to the righteous is seen in Psalms 145:18, Psalms 145:19. The LXX. introduces here Proverbs 16:8, Proverbs 16:9.

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