27 Bible Verses about Causes of failure in

But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself;
The Lord hears when I call to Him.

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

The righteous cry, and the Lord hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.

The Lord is far from the wicked,
But He hears the prayer of the righteous.

David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!”

“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’

But the Lord was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; and the Lord said to me, ‘Enough! Speak to Me no more of this matter.

Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.

These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering.

And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

When Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.

Then you returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.

Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But He did not answer him on that day.

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time
Because they have practiced evil deeds.

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;

He who turns away his ear from listening to the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

If I regard wickedness in my heart,
The Lord will not hear;

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
“Is not the Lord in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men;
Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

“It will come about at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the men
Who are stagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good or evil!’

And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Thus I will punish the world for its evil
And the wicked for their iniquity;
I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud
And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.

But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

“The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,
Whom God brings into their power.

Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?

‘They are fat, they are sleek,
They also excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper;
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has also rejected you from being king.”

The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.

But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’

and He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you evildoers.’

When Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.

Then you returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.

Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But He did not answer him on that day.

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time
Because they have practiced evil deeds.

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;

He who turns away his ear from listening to the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

If I regard wickedness in my heart,
The Lord will not hear;

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.