Job 35:13
Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
Proverbs 15:29
Jehovah is far from the wicked. He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore Jehovah says: 'I am going to bring a disaster on them that they cannot escape. Although they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.
James 4:3
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly (with bad motives) that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Job 22:22-27
Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Job 27:8-9
What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Job 30:20
I cry to you and you do not answer me! I stand, and you do not heed me.
Psalm 102:17
He has respected the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah! The prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 28:9
The prayer of the person who will not listen to the law is disgusting.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Guard your step when you go to the house of God. It is better to go there and listen than to bring the sacrifices fools bring. Fools are not aware that they do evil.
Hosea 7:14
And they do not cry to me from their heart when they wail on their beds. For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble, but they turn away from me.
Hosea 8:2-3
Israel cries out to me: 'We know you as our God.'
Amos 5:22
Yes, even if you 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
Large quantities of meaningless words and repetition are not acceptable in prayer. The pagans think their gods will hear long and repetitious prayers.
Matthew 20:21-22
What is your desire? he asked. She said to him: Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.