Cross references

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD,

but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 15:8 BSB

Proverbs 15:8 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 15:29 (26 votes) and 1 Chronicles 29:17 (14 votes). 61 other verses point back to it. It links with 28 other books, from Genesis 18 to 1 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 15:8 point to?

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

  1. The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

  2. 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.

  3. The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!

  4. Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

  5. Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah! “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. …

  6. 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.”

  7. 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.

  8. John 4:248 votes

    God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

  9. 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.

  10. Psalm 17:15 votes

    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.

Which verses point to Proverbs 15:8?

The 10 strongest of 61.