Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
He heareth
General references
Bible References
Far
Psalm 10:1
Why standest thou so far off, O LORD, and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?
Psalm 34:16
But the face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
Psalm 73:27
For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; thou destroyest all them that commit fornication against thee.
Psalm 138:6
For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off.
Matthew 25:46
And these shall go into everlasting pain: And the righteous into life eternal.
Ephesians 2:12
remember, I say, that ye were at that time without Christ, and were reputed aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and were strangers from the testaments of promise, and had no hope, and were without God in this world.
He heareth
Proverbs 15:8
The LORD abhorreth the sacrifice of the ungodly; but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable to him.
Psalm 34:15
For the eyes of the LORD are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers.
Psalm 66:18
If I incline unto wickedness with my heart, the LORD will not hear me.
Psalm 145:18
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, yea, all such as call upon him faithfully.
Isaiah 55:8
For thus sayeth the LORD: My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.
John 9:31
For we be sure that God heareth not sinners: But if any man be a worshipper of God, and do what his will is, him heareth he.
Romans 8:26
Likewise, the spirit also helpeth our infirmities. For we know not, what to desire as we ought: but the spirit maketh intercession mightily for us with groanings which cannot be expressed with tongue.
James 5:16
Knowledge your faults one to another: and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man availeth much, if it be fervent.
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord beholdeth them that do evil.
General references
Genesis 20:17
And so Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidens, so that they bare.