Isaiah 58:9
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9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”
If you remove the yoke from among you,
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,(A)
Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.(A) 13 When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,(B)
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Psalm 50:15
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15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”(A)
Isaiah 65:24
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24 Before they call I will answer,
while they are yet speaking I will hear.(A)
Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, Search, Knock
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.(A) 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.(B)
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.(A)
Proverbs 6:13
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13 winking the eyes, shuffling the feet,
pointing the fingers,(A)
Psalm 91:15
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15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble;
I will rescue them and honor them.(A)
Psalm 34:15-17
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15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.(A)
16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.(B)
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and rescues them from all their troubles.(C)
Psalm 12:2
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2 They utter lies to each other;
with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.(A)
1 John 3:21-22
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21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God, 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.(A)
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Psalm 118:5
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5 Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.(A)
Psalm 37:4
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4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.(A)
Isaiah 58:6
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6 Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?(A)
Isaiah 57:4
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4 Whom are you mocking?
Against whom do you open your mouth wide
and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
the offspring of deceit—(A)
Psalm 66:18-19
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18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.(A)
19 But truly God has listened;
he has heard the words of my prayer.(B)
Zechariah 10:2
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2 For the teraphim[a] utter nonsense,
and the diviners see lies;
the dreamers tell false dreams
and give empty consolation.
Therefore the people[b] wander like sheep;
they suffer for lack of a shepherd.(A)
1 Samuel 3:4-8
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4 Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!”[a] and he said, “Here I am!”(A) 5 and ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down. 6 The Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.(B) 8 The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy.
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Genesis 27:18
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18 So he went in to his father and said, “My father,” and he said, “Here I am; who are you, my son?”
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Ezekiel 13:8
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8 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have uttered falsehood and envisioned lies, I am against you, says the Lord God.
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Isaiah 59:13
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13 transgressing and denying the Lord
and turning away from following our God,
talking oppression and revolt,
conceiving lying words and uttering them from the heart.(A)
Isaiah 59:3-4
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3 For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.(A)
4 No one brings suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas; they speak lies,
conceiving mischief and bearing iniquity.(B)
Isaiah 30:19
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19 O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you.(A)
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