Cross references

Proverbs 15:29

The LORD is far from the wicked,

but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:29 BSB

Proverbs 15:29 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 9:31 (28 votes) and Psalm 145:18–19 (22 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 20 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does Proverbs 15:29 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 9:3128 votes

    We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

  2. The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

  3. The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

  4. 1 Peter 3:1220 votes

    For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

  5. The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry. But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. …

  6. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. …

  7. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

  8. remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

  9. If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

  10. Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

  11. Psalm 10:13 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 15:29?

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