Psalm 66:18

If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

Proverbs 28:9

Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law—
even his prayer is detestable.

Isaiah 1:15

When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.

James 4:3

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

Job 27:8-9

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

Job 36:21

Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
for that is why you have been tested by affliction.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far from the wicked,
but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.

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