Job 35:13

Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,
and the Almighty does not take note of it—

Proverbs 15:29

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

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.

Jeremiah 11:11

“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not hear them.

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 22:22-27

Receive instruction from His mouth,
and place His sayings in your heart.

Job 27:8-9

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

Job 30:20

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Psalm 102:17

He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.

Proverbs 15:8

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

Proverbs 28:9

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

Ecclesiastes 5:1-3

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry to Me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves for grain and new wine;
they turn away from Me.

Hosea 8:2-3

Israel cries out to Me,
“My God, we know You!”

Amos 5:22

Even if you offer Me
your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
I will have no regard
for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.

Matthew 6:7

When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.

Matthew 20:21-22

“What do you want?” He asked her.

“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

General references

Bible References

God

Job 22:22
Receive instruction from His mouth,
and place His sayings in your heart.
Job 27:8
For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 28:9
Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law—
even his prayer is detestable.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.
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.
Jeremiah 11:11
“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not hear them.
Hosea 7:14
They do not cry to Me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves for grain and new wine;
they turn away from Me.
Hosea 8:2
Israel cries out to Me,
“My God, we know You!”
Matthew 6:7
When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.
Matthew 20:21
“What do you want?” He asked her.

“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”
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.

Regard

Job 30:20
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Psalm 102:17
He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.
Amos 5:22
Even if you offer Me
your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
I will have no regard
for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.

General references

Psalm 18:41
They cry for help, but there is no one to save them
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

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