Proverbs 28:9 (BSB)

Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

From Proverbs 28. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 28:9

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 28:9: Note, 1. It is by the word and prayer that our communion with God is kept up. God speaks to us by his law, and expects we should hear him and heed him; we speak to him by prayer, to which we wait for an answer of peace. How reverent and serious should we be, whenever we are hearing from and speaking to the Lord of glory! 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 28:9: He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,.... Not merely the moral law, but the word of God in general, and any and every doctrine of it; though the law is to be heard and attended to, what it commands and forbids, its precepts, menaces, and curses: indeed the Spirit of God is not received by the hearing of the law, nor does...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 28:9: (Compare Pro 15:8; Pro 21:27). hearing--that is, obeying. God requires sincere worshippers (Psa 66:18; Joh 4:24).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 28:9: He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination. (d) Because it is not of faith which is grounded on God's word or law which the wicked contemn.