Ezekiel 20:3
"Thou son of man: speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Are ye come hither to ask anything at me? As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God,
Micah 3:7
Then shall the vision seers be ashamed, and the soothsayers confounded: yea they shall be fain, all the pack of them, to stop their mouths: for they have not God's word.
1 Samuel 28:6
And Saul asked counsel of the LORD, but the LORD answered him not: neither by dream, nor by the light, nor yet by prophets.
Psalm 50:15-21
And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me."
Proverbs 15:8
The LORD abhorreth the sacrifice of the ungodly; but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable to him.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the ungodly is abomination, for they offer the thing that is gotten with wickedness.
Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, his prayer shall be abhorred.
Isaiah 1:12
When ye appear before me, who requireth this of you to tread within my porches?
Isaiah 1:15
When ye hold out your hands, I will turn my eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all; for your hands are full of blood.
Ezekiel 14:3-4
"Thou son of man, these men bear their idols in their hearts, and go purposely upon the stumbling block of their own wickedness: how dare they then ask counsel at me?
Ezekiel 14:7-8
For every man, whether he be of the house of Israel, or a stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which departeth from me, and carrieth idols in his heart, purposing to go still stumbling in his own wickedness, and cometh to a Prophet, for to ask counsel at me through him: unto that man will I the LORD give answer, by mine own self.
Ezekiel 20:31
In all your idols, whereunto ye bring your oblations, and to whose honour ye burn your children: ye defile yourselves, even unto this day. How dare ye then come, and ask any question at me? O ye household of Israel: As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, ye get no answer of me.
Matthew 3:7
When he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, "O generation of vipers, who hath taught you to flee from the vengeance to come?
Matthew 15:8-9
'This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouths, and honoureth me with their lips, howbeit their hearts are far from me:
Luke 3:7
Then said he to the people that were come to be baptised of him, "O generation of vipers: who hath taught you to fly away from the wrath to come?
John 4:24
God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit, and truth."