 | John MacArthur - Religion - 2002 - 402 pages
...He is pleased. In addition to repentance and faith, prayer also brings God joy. Proverbs 15:8 says, "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight." Righteous living is another source of joy to God, as David acknowledges in 1 Chronicles... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2002 - 600 pages
...their scorn. His first statement regarding transgressors was that the Lord refuses their sacrifices: "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight" (Proverbs 15:8). Consider the case of Oral Roberts, the maverick television evangelist... | |
 | Thomas E. Briggs - Business & Economics - 2003 - 285 pages
...wicked are in turmoil. The lips of the wise disseminate knowledge, but the heart of fools is perverted. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves the man who pursues... | |
 | Ernest Verity - Religion - 2003 - 602 pages
...ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 15:8, The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The first part is similar to the start of 21:27, The second is like 15:29. This is... | |
 | Blaine Bartel - Religion - 2003 - 257 pages
...Him daily for His blessings and protection. 05 I 01 sun I 02 mon 03 tue 04 wed 05 thu 06 fri 07 sat The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. Proverbs 15:8 delight Today people have an unhealthy mixture of religious talk and... | |
 | Michael Vincent - Religion - 2003 - 221 pages
...God in prayer and give Him pleasure as we respond in faith to His love for us. Proverbs 15:8 says, "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight," What an amazing thing that as we show God our devotion through prayer, we bring delight... | |
 | Stephen Finlan - Religion - 2004 - 276 pages
...trust in the Lord." I have a separate category when there is a glaring absence of support for the cult: "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight" (Prov 15:8). Sacrifice is conspicuously absent from the positive side of the statement;... | |
 | Wesley Mountain - 2004 - 90 pages
...the way we might like. FIFTH, we should pray because the prayers of the upright are pleasing to God. "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, BUT THE PRAYER OF THE UPRIGHT IS HIS DELIGHT." (Proverbs 15:8). CHAPTER FIVE The eternal counsel of God has decreed that prayer is... | |
 | Walter Orenstein - Religion - 2005 - 298 pages
...6. "The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayers of the righteous" (Proverbs 15:29). 7. "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright pleases Him" (Proverbs 15:8). We have already presented the position of Maimonides that Divine providence... | |
 | John L. Langston, John Langston Iii - Religion - 2004 - 218 pages
...interested in our performance based ministry; rather He is interested in where our heart is. Prov 15:8, "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight." The prophet Isaiah opens the book on hypocrisy and empty worship before a holy God.... | |
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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD; but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 
