Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Proverbs 15:29
The LORD 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 my eyes from you: yes, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry to me, I will not hearken to them.
James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
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 hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Job 30:20
I cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Psalm 102:17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise 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 turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried to me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Hosea 8:2-3
Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know thee.
Amos 5:22
Though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings, 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 heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 20:21-22
And he said to her, What wilt thou: She saith to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left in thy kingdom.