Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Proverbs 15:29
Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them.
James 4:3
You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
Job 22:22-27
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Job 27:8-9
For what is the hope of the godless, 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 up, and you gaze at me.
Psalm 102:17
He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 28:9
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.
Hosea 7:14
They haven't cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.
Hosea 8:2-3
They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you!'
Amos 5:22
Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
Matthew 6:7
In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 20:21-22
He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."