If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
    even his (A)prayer is an abomination.

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18 If I had (A)cherished iniquity in my heart,
    (B)the Lord would not have listened.

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(A)For the time is coming when people will not endure (B)sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and (C)will turn away from listening to the truth and (D)wander off into myths.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy

11 But (A)they refused to pay attention (B)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.[a] 12 (C)They made their hearts diamond-hard (D)lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent (E)by his Spirit through (F)the former prophets. (G)Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13 (H)“As I[b] called, and they would not hear, (I)so they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,

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  1. Zechariah 7:11 Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear
  2. Zechariah 7:13 Hebrew he

15 When you (A)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
(B)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    (C)your hands are full of blood.
16 (D)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(E)cease to do evil,

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(A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
    but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

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When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
    let his (A)prayer be counted as sin!

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25 (A)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, (B)‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, (C)‘I do not know where you come from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, (D)‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 But he will say, ‘I tell you, (E)I do not know where you come from. (F)Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’

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Is it not (A)to share your bread with the hungry
    and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
    (B)and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
(C)Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
    (D)and your healing shall spring up speedily;
(E)your righteousness shall go before you;
    (F)the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
    you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away (G)the yoke from your midst,
    (H)the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 (I)if you pour yourself out for the hungry
    and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
(J)then shall your light rise in the darkness
    and your gloom be as the noonday.
11 And the Lord will guide you continually
    and satisfy your desire in scorched places
    and make your bones strong;
and you shall be (K)like a watered garden,
    like a spring of water,
    whose waters do not fail.

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13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself call out and not be answered.

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