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Proverbs 15:29

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The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
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  1. John 9:31Rank 1 from verse 29
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    31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

  2. Psalms 145:18–19Rank 2 from verse 29
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    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.

  3. 1 Peter 3:12Rank 3 from verse 29
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    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.

  4. Proverbs 15:8Rank 4 from verse 29
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

  5. Psalms 34:15–17Rank 5 from verse 29
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    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.

  6. James 5:16–18Rank 6 from verse 29
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    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.

  7. Ephesians 2:12–13Rank 7 from verse 29
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    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.

  8. Romans 8:26–27Rank 8 from verse 29
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    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.

  9. Psalms 66:18–19Rank 9 from verse 29
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    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.

  10. Psalms 138:6Rank 10 from verse 29
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    6Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

  11. Isaiah 55:8–9Rank 11 from verse 29
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    8¶ For 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.

  12. Matthew 25:46Rank 12 from verse 29
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    46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

  13. Psalms 73:27Rank 13 from verse 29
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    27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

  14. Psalms 10:1Rank 14 from verse 29
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    1WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

  15. Psalms 18:41Rank 15 from verse 29
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    41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

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Proverbs 15:29

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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15:28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

15:29The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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15:30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

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