Psalm 10:17
Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
1 Chronicles 29:18
O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;
Psalm 9:18
For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
2 Chronicles 30:12
And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,
2 Chronicles 34:27
And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.
Psalm 9:12
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.
Proverbs 16:1
The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
Isaiah 65:24
And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.
Matthew 5:3
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Luke 18:13-14
The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Romans 8:26
And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;
Ephesians 2:18
Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
Ephesians 3:12
By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.
James 1:16-17
Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
James 4:10
Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
1 Peter 5:5
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
2 Chronicles 29:36
And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.
Psalm 37:4
So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
Psalm 112:7-8
He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.
Proverbs 10:24
The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.
Proverbs 15:8
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
Acts 4:24-31
And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:
Acts 12:5-19
So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.