19 Bible Verses about Not Praying

The LORD said unto Moses, "Wherefore criest thou unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward.

"Therefore thou shalt not pray for this people; thou shalt neither give thanks, nor bid prayer for them: thou shalt make no intercession to me for them for in no wise will I hear thee.

But pray not thou for this people; bid neither praise nor prayer for them. For though they cry unto me in their trouble, yet will I not hear them.

Yea, even thus said the LORD unto me, "Thou shalt not pray to do this people good.

All the great estates of the realm - as the princes, dukes, senators and judges - are determined to put out a commandment of the king, and to make a sure statute. Namely, that whoso desireth any petition, either of any god or man within this thirty days, except it be only of thee, O king: the same person may be cast into the lions' den.

So they came to the king, and spake before him concerning his commandment, saying, "O king, hast thou not subscribed the statute, that within thirty days whoso requireth his petition of any god or man, but only of thyself, O king, he shall be cast into the den of the lions?" The king answered, and said, "It is true. It must be as a law of the Medes and Persians, that may not be broken."

then said I, 'The Philistines shall come down upon me to Gilgal, before I have made supplication unto the LORD.' And therefore I took a courage with me and offered burnt offerings."

"For thou, Jacob, wouldest not call upon me, but thou hadst an un-lust toward me, O Israel.

They shall seek me, that hitherto have not asked for me, they shall find me, that hitherto have not sought me. Then shall I say immediately to the people that never called upon my name, "I am here, I am here."

Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mischief, eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the LORD?

How can they have understanding, that are the workers of wickedness, eating up my people as it were bread, and calling not upon God?

There is no man that calleth upon thy name, that standeth up to take hold by thee. Therefore hidest thou thy face from us and consumest us, because of our sins.

they are altogether as hot as an oven. They have devoured their own judges, all their kings are fallen: yet is there none of them that calleth upon me.

Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

Pour out thine indignation rather upon the Gentiles, that know thee not, and upon the people that call not on thy name: And that because they have consumed, devoured and destroyed Jacob, and have rooted out his glory.

As for such as be fained hypocrites, they heap up wrath for themselves: for they call not upon him, though they be his prisoners.

They call not upon me with their hearts, but lie howling upon their beds. Whereas they come together, it is but for meat and drink, and me will they not obey.

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name. Ask and ye shall receive it: that our joy may be full.

I desire not that thou shouldest take them out of the world: but that thou keep them from evil.