Isaiah 58:9
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9 Then when you call, the Lord will answer.
‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.
“Remove the heavy yoke of oppression.
Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors!
Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
Psalm 50:15
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15 Then call on me when you are in trouble,
and I will rescue you,
and you will give me glory.”
Isaiah 65:24
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24 I will answer them before they even call to me.
While they are still talking about their needs,
I will go ahead and answer their prayers!
Matthew 7:7-8
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Effective Prayer
7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
Proverbs 6:13
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13 signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye,
a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.
Psalm 91:15
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15 When they call on me, I will answer;
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.
Psalm 34:15-17
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15 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;
his ears are open to their cries for help.
16 But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil;
he will erase their memory from the earth.
17 The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help.
He rescues them from all their troubles.
Psalm 12:2
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2 Neighbors lie to each other,
speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
1 John 3:21-22
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21 Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. 22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.
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Psalm 118:5
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5 In my distress I prayed to the Lord,
and the Lord answered me and set me free.
Psalm 37:4
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4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you your heart’s desires.
Isaiah 58:6
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6 “No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
lighten the burden of those who work for you.
Let the oppressed go free,
and remove the chains that bind people.
Isaiah 57:4
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4 Whom do you mock,
making faces and sticking out your tongues?
You children of sinners and liars!
Psalm 66:18-19
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18 If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
19 But God did listen!
He paid attention to my prayer.
Zechariah 10:2
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2 Household gods give worthless advice,
fortune-tellers predict only lies,
and interpreters of dreams pronounce
falsehoods that give no comfort.
So my people are wandering like lost sheep;
they are attacked because they have no shepherd.
1 Samuel 3:4-8
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4 Suddenly the Lord called out, “Samuel!”
“Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?” 5 He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”
“I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did.
6 Then the Lord called out again, “Samuel!”
Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”
“I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.”
7 Samuel did not yet know the Lord because he had never had a message from the Lord before. 8 So the Lord called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”
Then Eli realized it was the Lord who was calling the boy.
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Genesis 27:18
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18 So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said.
“Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you—Esau or Jacob?”
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Ezekiel 13:8
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8 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because what you say is false and your visions are a lie, I will stand against you, says the Sovereign Lord.
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Isaiah 59:13
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13 We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord.
We have turned our backs on our God.
We know how unfair and oppressive we have been,
carefully planning our deceitful lies.
Isaiah 59:3-4
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3 Your hands are the hands of murderers,
and your fingers are filthy with sin.
Your lips are full of lies,
and your mouth spews corruption.
4 No one cares about being fair and honest.
The people’s lawsuits are based on lies.
They conceive evil deeds
and then give birth to sin.
Isaiah 30:19
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19 O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem,
you will weep no more.
He will be gracious if you ask for help.
He will surely respond to the sound of your cries.
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