Job 35:13
“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry [which lacks trust],
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from the wicked [and distances Himself from them],
But He hears the prayer of the [consistently] righteous [that is, those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].
Isaiah 1:15
“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am bringing disaster and suffering on them which they will not be able to escape; though they cry to Me, I will not listen to them.
James 4:3
You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask
Job 22:22-27
“Please receive the law and instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart and keep them.
Job 27:8-9
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
Job 30:20
“I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me;
I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.
Psalm 102:17
He has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
And has not despised their prayer.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight!
Proverbs 28:9
He who turns his ear away from listening to the law [of God and man],
Even his prayer is repulsive [to God].
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Guard your steps and focus on what you are doing as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the [careless or irreverent] sacrifice of fools; for they are too ignorant to know they are doing evil.
Hosea 7:14
They do not cry out to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds [in unbelieving despair];
For the sake of grain and new wine they
They rebel against Me.
Hosea 8:2-3
Then they will cry out to Me,
“My God, we of Israel know You!”
Amos 5:22
“Even though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened animals.
Matthew 6:7
Matthew 20:21-22
And He said to her,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
God
Regard
General references
Bible References
God
“Please receive the law and instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart and keep them.
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight!
He who turns his ear away from listening to the law [of God and man],
Even his prayer is repulsive [to God].
“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
They do not cry out to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds [in unbelieving despair];
For the sake of grain and new wine they
They rebel against Me.
Then they will cry out to Me,
“My God, we of Israel know You!”
Regard
“I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me;
I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.
He has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
And has not despised their prayer.
“Even though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened animals.
General references
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
Even to the Lord [they cried], but He did not answer them.