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Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
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Proverbs 28:9
Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law— even his prayer is detestable.
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Isaiah 1:15
When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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Micah 3:4
Then they will cry out to the Lord, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.
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Psalms 145:19
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry for help and saves them.
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Zechariah 7:13
Just as He had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord of Hosts.
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Proverbs 1:28-29
Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will search for me, but won’t find me.Because they hated knowledge, didn’t choose to fear the Lord,
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Job 27:8-9
For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?
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1John 3:21-22
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Psalms 34:15-16
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry for help.The face of the Lord is set against those who do what is evil, to erase all memory of them from the earth.
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Proverbs 21:13
The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.
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John 15:16
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
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Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not show pity or spare them. Though they cry out in My ears with a loud voice, I will not listen to them.”
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Psalms 66:18-20
If I had been aware of malice in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.However, God has listened; He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.May God be praised! He has not turned away my prayer or turned His faithful love from me.
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Jeremiah 11:11
“ Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not hear them.
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Jeremiah 14:12
If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”
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Psalms 18:41
They cry for help, but there is no one to save them— they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.
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Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me:“ Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
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Job 35:12
There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
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Psalms 106:23
So He said He would have destroyed them— if Moses His chosen one had not stood before Him in the breach to turn His wrath away from destroying them.
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John 7:17
If anyone wants to do His will, he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own.
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Isaiah 58:9
At that time, when you call, the Lord will answer; when you cry out, He will say,‘ Here I am.’ If you get rid of the yoke among you, the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,
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John 11:41-42
So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes and said,“ Father, I thank You that You heard Me.I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent Me.”
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1 Kings 17 20-1 Kings 17 22
Then he cried out to the Lord and said,“ My Lord God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow I am staying with by killing her son?”Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times. He cried out to the Lord and said,“ My Lord God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”So the Lord listened to Elijah’s voice, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
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James 5:15-18
The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will restore him to health; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.
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Genesis 20:7
Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”
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Genesis 19:29
So it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the middle of the upheaval when He demolished the cities where Lot had lived.
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2 Chronicles 32 20-2 Chronicles 32 21
King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven,and the Lord sent an angel who annihilated every brave warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned in disgrace to his land. He went to the temple of his god, and there some of his own children struck him down with the sword.
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John 4:34
“ My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work,” Jesus told them.
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Psalms 143:10
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground.
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Genesis 18:23-33
Abraham stepped forward and said,“ Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?What if there are 50 righteous people in the city? Will You really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the 50 righteous people who are in it?You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”The Lord said,“ If I find 50 righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”Then Abraham answered,“ Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord— even though I am dust and ashes—suppose the 50 righteous lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” He replied,“ I will not destroy it if I find 45 there.”Then he spoke to Him again,“ Suppose 40 are found there?” He answered,“ I will not do it on account of 40.”Then he said,“ Let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak further. Suppose 30 are found there?” He answered,“ I will not do it if I find 30 there.”Then he said,“ Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose 20 are found there?” He replied,“ I will not destroy it on account of 20.”Then he said,“ Let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak one more time. Suppose 10 are found there?” He answered,“ I will not destroy it on account of 10.”When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned to his place.
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Psalms 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel also was among those calling on His name. They called to Yahweh and He answered them.
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Job 42:8
Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.”
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1 Kings 18 36-1 Kings 18 38
At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said,“ Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that at Your word I have done all these things.Answer me, Lord! Answer me so that this people will know that You, Yahweh, are God and that You have turned their hearts back.”Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
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Psalms 40:8
I delight to do Your will, my God; Your instruction lives within me.”
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Hebrews 10:7
Then I said,“ See— it is written about Me in the volume of the scroll— I have come to do Your will, God!”
