Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty look upon it.
Proverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; likewise, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore thus hath the LORD said, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
James 4:3
Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your pleasures.
Job 22:22-27
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Job 27:8-9
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has stolen much, when God takes away his soul?
Job 30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me; I present myself, and thou regardest me not.
Psalm 102:17
He shall have regarded the prayer of those who are alone and destitute and not despised their prayer.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 28:9
He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Watch thy feet when thou goest to the house of God and draw near with more willingness to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know how to do what God wants.
Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried unto me with their heart when they howled upon their beds; they congregated themselves for the wheat and the wine, and they rebelled against me.
Hosea 8:2-3
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we have known thee.
Amos 5:22
Though ye offer me your burnt offerings and your presents, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Matthew 6:7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the worldly do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 20:21-22
And he said unto her, What dost thou desire? She said unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit the one on thy right hand and the other on the left in thy kingdom.