Job 35:13
Surely it is an empty cry -- God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice 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 spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
Jeremiah 11:11
So I, the Lord, say this: 'I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.
James 4:3
you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.
Job 22:22-27
Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.
Job 27:8-9
For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Job 30:20
I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.
Psalm 102:17
when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.
Proverbs 15:8
The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Proverbs 28:9
The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.
Hosea 7:14
They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.
Hosea 8:2-3
Israel cries out to me, "My God, we acknowledge you!"
Amos 5:22
Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, I will not be satisfied; I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.
Matthew 6:7
When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Matthew 20:21-22
He said to her, "What do you want?" She replied, "Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."