Psalm 10:17
O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
1 Chronicles 29:18
O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you.
Psalm 9:18
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
2 Chronicles 30:12
The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 34:27
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.
Psalm 9:12
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
Psalm 145:19
He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.
Proverbs 16:1
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
Isaiah 65:24
Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.
Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 18:13-14
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Ephesians 2:18
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Ephesians 3:12
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
James 1:16-17
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
2 Chronicles 29:36
And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had prepared for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 102:17
he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
Psalm 112:7-8
He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
Acts 4:24-31
And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,
Acts 12:5-19
So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.