Thematic Bible: Denied to those who
Thematic Bible
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are idolaters
{Therefore} thus says Yahweh, "I [am] about to bring on them disaster from which they will not be able to escape. Though they cry out to me, yet I will not listen to them. Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods [to] whom they [are] making smoke offerings, but they will certainly not save them in the time of their trouble. For the number of your towns are your gods, Judah, and the number of the streets of Jerusalem [are the] altars you have set up to the shameful things, to make smoke offerings to Baal. read more.
Therefore you must not pray for this people, and you must not lift up for them a cry of entreaty, or a prayer, for I [will] not listen in the time of their calling to me, in the time of their trouble.
Therefore you must not pray for this people, and you must not lift up for them a cry of entreaty, or a prayer, for I [will] not listen in the time of their calling to me, in the time of their trouble.
And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? Still {you will see again} greater detestable things than these." And he brought me to the inner courtyard of the house of Yahweh, and look, [at] the doorway of the temple of Yahweh, between the portico and the altar, [there were] about twenty-five men [with] their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east, and they [were] bowing down toward the east before the sun. And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? {Was it too small a thing} for the house of Judah {to do} the detestable things that they did here? For they filled up the land [with] violence, and {they provoked me to anger again}, and look! They [are] putting the branch to their nose. read more.
And so I will act in rage, and my eye will not take pity, and I will not have compassion, and they will cry in my ear [with] a loud voice, and I will not hear them."
And so I will act in rage, and my eye will not take pity, and I will not have compassion, and they will cry in my ear [with] a loud voice, and I will not hear them."
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Hear not the law
He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.
But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}. {They made their hearts adamant} in order not to hear the law and the words that Yahweh of hosts had sent by his spirit through the former prophets; [therefore] great wrath came from Yahweh of hosts. 'Thus, just as I called and they would not hear, so they will call and I will not hear,' says Yahweh of hosts.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Reject the call of God
then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me.
Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds. You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing [to accept].
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Forsake God
Thus says Yahweh concerning this people: "They have loved so much to wander, they have not spared their feet. Therefore Yahweh is not favorable to them, now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins."
Although they fast, I [am] not listening to their cry of entreaty. And although they present burnt offering and grain offering, I [am] not favorable to them. But by the sword, and by the famine, and by the plague, I [am] about to destroy them."
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are self-righteous
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that one! For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector! I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all that I get.'
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are blood-shedders
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, your tongue speaks wickedness.
And when you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I [will] not be listening. Your hands are full of blood.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Live in sin
Rather, your iniquities have been {barriers} between you and your God, and your sins have hidden [his] face from you, from hearing.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are deaf to the cry of the poor
He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are the enemies of saints
And you {made my enemies turn their backs}, then I destroyed those [who] hated me. They cried out but there was no rescuer, [even] to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
[You are] presenting defiled food on my altar! But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' By saying [that] the table of Yahweh is despised! When you offer a blind [animal] for sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer [the] lame and the one who is ill, is that not wrong? Present it, please, to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? {Will he show you favor}?" says Yahweh of hosts. So then, {implore the favor of God} so that he will be gracious to us. "{This is what you have done}. {Will he show favor to any of you}?" says Yahweh of hosts.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are proud
There they cry out, but he does not answer {because of the pride of evildoers}. "Surely God does not hear an empty plea, and Shaddai does not regard it.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Regard iniquity in the heart
If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Cruelly oppress saints
[Those of you who are] haters of good and lovers of evil, [who] tear their skin from them and their flesh from their bones, and who eat the flesh of my people, and strip their skin from them, and break their bones, and chop [them] like meat in the pot, and like flesh in the midst of a cooking pot." Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, when they have made their deeds evil.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are wavering
But let him ask for [it] in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are hypocrites
for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry of distress when distress comes upon him?
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Ask amiss
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, in order that you may spend [it] on your pleasures.