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Proverbs 15

Prov. 15:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is far
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
from the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
: but he heareth
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the prayer
tphillah (Hebrew #8605)
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
KJV usage: prayer.
Pronounce: tef-il-law'
Origin: from 6419
of the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 10:1• 1Wherefore, O Jehovah, standest thou afar off?{HR}Hidest thou thyself in times of distress? (Psa. 10:1)
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Psa. 34:16• 16The face of Jehovah [is] against those that do evil,{HR}To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. (Psa. 34:16)
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Psa. 73:27• 27For, behold, those far from me shall perish;{HR}Thou hast destroyed everyone whoring from thee. (Psa. 73:27)
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Psa. 138:6• 6For Jehovah [is] exalted, yet he seeth the lowly,{HR}And the proud he knoweth from afar. (Psa. 138:6)
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Matt. 25:46• 46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlasting. (Matt. 25:46)
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Eph. 2:12‑13• 12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
 13but now in Christ Jesus ye that were once far off have become nigh by the blood of the Christ. (Eph. 2:12‑13)
he heareth.
Prov. 15:8• 8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But the prayer of the upright [is] His delight. (Prov. 15:8)
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Psa. 34:15‑17• 15The eyes of Jehovah [are] upon the righteous{HR}And his ears toward their cry.
 16The face of Jehovah [is] against those that do evil,{HR}To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
 17They cried, and Jehovah heard{HR}And he delivered them from all their distresses. (Psa. 34:15‑17)
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Psa. 66:18‑19• 18If I had regarded iniquity in my heart,{HR}The Lord would not hear.
 19Verily God hath heard,{HR}He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. (Psa. 66:18‑19)
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Psa. 145:18‑19• 18Near [is] Jehovah to all calling on him in truth.
 19The pleasure of those that fear him he will do;{HR}And their cry he will hear and save them. (Psa. 145:18‑19)
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Isa. 55:8‑9• 8For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
 9For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:8‑9)
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John 9:31• 31We know that God heareth not sinners, but if anyone be God-fearing, and do his will, him he heareth. (John 9:31)
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Rom. 8:26‑27• 26And likewise too the Spirit joineth help to our weakness; for what we should pray for as we ought we know not, but the Spirit itself pleadeth [for us] with unutterable groanings;
 27and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because according to God it pleadeth in behalf of saints. (Rom. 8:26‑27)
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James 5:16‑18• 16Confess therefore your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. A righteous [one's] supplication hath much power if it work.
 17Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed prayerfully that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.
 18And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth sprouted forth its fruit. (James 5:16‑18)
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1 Peter 3:12• 12because [the] Lord's eyes [are] on the righteous and his ears unto their supplication; but [the] Lord's face is against evil-doers. (1 Peter 3:12)
• Of old, when idolatrous Israel turned to Him in their troubles, He refused to be entreated of them and referred them to the gods they had served, in order that they might realize what it meant to have turned the back upon Him. (“Proverbs Fifteen” by H.A. Ironside)
• The man who delights himself in God when all is bright will find Him a Friend nigh at hand when darkness enshrouds the soul. (“Proverbs Fifteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah is far from the wicked; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah [is] far from the wicked;{HR}But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.