Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

General references

Bible References

Far

Psalm 10:1
Lord, why do You stand so far away?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Psalm 34:16
The face of the Lord is set
against those who do what is evil,
to erase all memory of them from the earth.
Psalm 73:27
Those far from You will certainly perish;
You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
Psalm 138:6
Though the Lord is exalted,
He takes note of the humble;
but He knows the haughty from a distance.
Matthew 25:46
“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Ephesians 2:12
At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

He heareth

Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and His ears are open to their cry for help.
Psalm 66:18
If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
Psalm 145:18
The Lord is near all who call out to Him,
all who call out to Him with integrity.
Isaiah 55:8
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not My ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
John 9:31
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.
Romans 8:26
In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings.
James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
1 Peter 3:12
because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and His ears are open to their request.
But the face of the Lord is against
those who do what is evil.

General references

Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could bear children,

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