Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear an empty cry , Neither will the Almighty regard it.
Proverbs 15:29
Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.
James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
Job 22:22-27
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
Job 27:8-9
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
Job 30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Psalm 102:17
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.
Hosea 8:2-3
They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.
Amos 5:22
Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
Matthew 6:7
And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 20:21-22
And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom.