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Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far away from those who do wrong. But he hears the prayers of those who do right.
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Jeremiah 11:11
So I say,‘ I will bring trouble on them. They will not be able to escape it. They will cry out to me. But I will not listen to them.
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Isaiah 1:15
You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray. But I do not look at you. You might even offer many prayers. But I am not listening to them. Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.
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James 4:3
When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it. That’s because you ask for the wrong reason. You want to spend your money on your sinful pleasures.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Be careful what you say when you go to God’s house. Go there to listen. Don’t be like foolish people when you offer your sacrifice. They do what is wrong and don’t even know it.Don’t be too quick to speak. Don’t be in a hurry to say anything to God. God is in heaven. You are on earth. So use only a few words when you speak.Many worries result in dreams. Many words result in foolish talk.
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Proverbs 15:8
The Lord hates the sacrifice of sinful people. But the prayers of honest people please him.
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Matthew 6:7
When you pray, do not keep talking on and on. That is what ungodly people do. They think they will be heard because they talk a lot.
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Amos 5:22
You bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. You bring your best friendship offerings. But I will not even look at them.
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Job 27:8-9
What hope do ungodly people have when their lives are cut short? What hope do they have when God takes away their lives?God won’t listen to their cry when trouble comes on them.
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Matthew 20:21-22
“ What do you want?” Jesus asked. She said,“ Promise me that one of my two sons may sit at your right hand in your kingdom. Promise that the other one may sit at your left hand.”“ You don’t know what you’re asking for,” Jesus said to them.“ Can you drink the cup of suffering I am going to drink?”“ We can,” they answered.
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Job 30:20
“ God, I cry out to you. But you don’t answer me. I stand up. But all you do is look at me.
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Psalms 102:17
He will answer the prayer of those who don’t have anything. He won’t say no to their cry for help.
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Hosea 7:14
They do not cry out to me from their hearts. Instead, they just lie on their beds and sob. They cut themselves when they pray to their gods for grain and fresh wine. But they turn away from me.
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Hosea 8:2-3
Israel shouts to me,‘ We recognize you as our God!’But they have turned away from what is good. So an enemy will chase them.
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Proverbs 28:9
If you don’t pay attention to my instruction, even your prayers are hated.
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Job 22:22-27
Do what he teaches you to do. Keep his words in your heart.If you return to the Mighty One, you will have what you had before. But first you must remove everything that is evil far from your tent.You must throw your gold nuggets away. You must toss your gold from Ophir into a valley.Then the Mighty One himself will be your gold. He’ll be like the finest silver to you.You will find delight in the Mighty One. You will honor God and trust in him.You will pray to him, and he will hear you. You will keep the promises you made to him.