Go
Articles on

Proverbs 15

Prov. 15:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
29
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
.

More on:

+
Prayer,
Righteousness

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
far.
Psa. 10:1• 1Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? (Psa. 10:1)
;
Psa. 34:16• 16The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. (Psa. 34:16)
;
Psa. 73:27• 27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. (Psa. 73:27)
;
Psa. 138:6• 6Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. (Psa. 138:6)
;
Matt. 25:46• 46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:46)
;
Eph. 2:12‑13• 12That at that time ye were without Christ, being 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 who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. (Eph. 2:12‑13)
he heareth.
Prov. 15:8• 8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. (Prov. 15:8)
;
Psa. 34:15‑17• 15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
 16The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
 17The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. (Psa. 34:15‑17)
;
Psa. 66:18‑19• 18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
 19But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. (Psa. 66:18‑19)
;
Psa. 145:18‑19• 18The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
 19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. (Psa. 145:18‑19)
;
Isa. 55:8‑9• 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
 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)
;
John 9:31• 31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. (John 9:31)
;
Rom. 8:26‑27• 26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
 27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. (Rom. 8:26‑27)
;
James 5:16‑18• 16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
 17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
 18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. (James 5:16‑18)
;
1 Peter 3:12• 12For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. (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

+
29
Jehovah is far from the wicked; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.