Job 35:13

Elihu Condemns Job

¹² “There they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.
¹³ “Surely God will not listen to an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
¹⁴ “How much less when you say you do not behold Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

Give Ear

Hear Him

O God

Job

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far from the wicked,
But He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Isaiah 1:15

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am bringing disaster on them which they will not be able to escape; though they will cry to Me, yet I will not listen to them.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Job 22:22-27

“Please receive instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart.

Job 27:8-9

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

Job 30:20

“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

Psalm 102:17

He has regarded the prayer of the destitute
And has not despised 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 who turns away his ear from listening to the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.

Ecclesiastes 5:1-3

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing 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 themselves,
They turn away from Me.

Hosea 8:2-3

They cry out to Me,
“My God, we of Israel know You!”

Amos 5:22

“Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.

Matthew 6:7

“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.

Matthew 20:21-22

And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She *said to Him, “Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left.”