The sinner at whose prayers God is angry, is one who obstinately refuses to obey God's commands.
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Proverbs 28:9
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:1-28Proverbs 28:1-28 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinner and the righteous.The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:6-12Proverbs 28:6-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe moral quality of life Nothing we can touch, no relation we can enter into or observe, but has its moral bearing. This, indeed, is the great lesson, in hundredfold iteration, of this book. I. POVERTY WITH INNOCENCE,…Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:9Proverbs 28:9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleNote, 1. It is by the word and prayer that our communion with God is kept up. God speaks to us by his law, and expects we should hear him and heed him; we speak to him by prayer, to which we wait for an answer of peace.…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:9Proverbs 28:9 · The Pulpit CommentaryHe that turneth away his ear from hearing the Law. He who refuses to hearken to and to practise the dictates of the Divine law (comp Proverbs 1:20. Even his prayer shall be abomination (comp. Proverbs 15:8, and note the…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:9Proverbs 28:9 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe prayer that is an abomination God does not hear all prayer. There are even prayers that he rejects with wrath. The broken words of the penitent, the simple cry of the little child, and the ungrammatical sentences of…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:9Proverbs 28:9 · The Pulpit Commentary(See homily on Proverbs 15:8.)—C. Proverbs 28:12, Proverbs 28:28 Hidden manhood The two main truths here taught have been anticipated by a foregoing proverb, viz. the advantage to society of promoting the good; and the…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:1-28EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinner and the righteous.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:6-12The moral quality of life Nothing we can touch, no relation we can enter into or observe, but has its moral bearing. This, indeed, is the great lesson, in hundredfold iteration, of this book. I. POVERTY WITH INNOCENCE,…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 28:9Note, 1. It is by the word and prayer that our communion with God is kept up. God speaks to us by his law, and expects we should hear him and heed him; we speak to him by prayer, to which we wait for an answer of peace.…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the Law. He who refuses to hearken to and to practise the dictates of the Divine law (comp Proverbs 1:20. Even his prayer shall be abomination (comp. Proverbs 15:8, and note the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:9The prayer that is an abomination God does not hear all prayer. There are even prayers that he rejects with wrath. The broken words of the penitent, the simple cry of the little child, and the ungrammatical sentences of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:9(See homily on Proverbs 15:8.)—C. Proverbs 28:12, Proverbs 28:28 Hidden manhood The two main truths here taught have been anticipated by a foregoing proverb, viz. the advantage to society of promoting the good; and the…Joseph S. Exell and contributors