Proverbs 28:9
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
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Cross references
- Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- 2 Timothy 4:3–4 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
- Zechariah 7:11–13 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.