Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
God
Regard
General references
Bible References
God
Job 22:22
Receive the law at his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Job 27:8
What hope hath the hypocrite, though he have great good, and though God give him riches after his heart's desire?
Proverbs 15:8
The LORD abhorreth the sacrifice of the ungodly; but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable to him.
Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, his prayer shall be abhorred.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Be not hasty with thy mouth,
Isaiah 1:15
When ye hold out your hands, I will turn my eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all; for your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 11:11
"Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I will send a plague among you, which ye shall not be able to escape: and though ye cry unto me, I will not hear you.
Hosea 7:14
They call not upon me with their hearts, but lie howling upon their beds. Whereas they come together, it is but for meat and drink, and me will they not obey.
Hosea 8:2
Israel can say unto me, "Thou art my God, we know thee,"
Matthew 6:7
"And when ye pray, babble not much, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard, for their much babbling's sake.
Matthew 20:21
And he said unto her, "What wilt thou have?" She said unto him, "Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand in thy kingdom."
James 4:3
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, even to consume it upon your voluptuousness.
Regard
Job 30:20
When I cry unto thee, thou doest not hear me: and though I stand before thee, yet thou regardest me not.
Psalm 102:17
when he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute, and despiseth not their desire.
Amos 5:22
And though ye offer me burnt offerings and meat offerings, yet have I no pleasure therein. As for your fat thank offerings, I will not look upon them.
General references
Psalm 18:41
They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them: Yea, even unto the LORD shall they cry, but he shall hear them not. {TYNDALE: They looked for help, but none came to save them: unto the LORD they cried, but he heard them not.}