Proverbs 15:8

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• Proverbs 15:29
  The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
• 1 Chronicles 29:17
  I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
• Proverbs 21:27
  The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
• Proverbs 28:9
  Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
• Jeremiah 6:20
  What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
• Isaiah 1:10–15
  Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
• Isaiah 61:8
  For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
• John 4:24
  God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
• Ecclesiastes 5:1
  Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
• Psalm 17:1
  A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.
• Isaiah 66:3
  Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
• Jeremiah 7:21–23
  This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

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Abomination: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To· Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning· Prayer of the Upright, a Delight to God· Prayer: Answer To, Promise· Prayer: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To· Sin: Repugnant to God· The Joy of God Over his People: On Account of Their: Praying to Him· Uprightness: They Who Walk in Their Prayer Delighted in by God· Wicked (People): Prayer of