Job 27:9
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9 Will God hear their cry
when trouble comes upon them?(A)
Jeremiah 14:12
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12 Although they fast, I do not hear their cry, and although they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them, but by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence I consume them.(A)
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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 1:28
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28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(A)
Micah 3:4
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4 Then they will cry to the Lord,
but he will not answer them;
he will hide his face from them at that time
because they have acted wickedly.(A)
Psalm 18:41
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41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.(A)
Job 35:12-13
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12 There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evildoers.(A)
13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
nor does the Almighty[a] regard it.(B)
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- 35.13 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
James 4:3
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3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.(A)
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Zechariah 7:13
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13 Just as, when I[a] called, they would not hear, so, when they called, I would not hear, says the Lord of hosts,(A)
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- 7.13 Heb he
Ezekiel 8:18
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18 Therefore I will act in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, and though they cry in my hearing with a loud voice, I will not listen to them.”(A)
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Jeremiah 11:11
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11 Therefore, thus says the Lord, assuredly I am going to bring disaster upon them that they cannot escape; though they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.(A)
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Psalm 66:18
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18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.(A)
John 9:31
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31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.(A)
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Luke 13:25
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25 Once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then in reply he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’(A)
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Hosea 7:14
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14 They do not cry to me from the heart,
but they wail upon their beds;
they gash themselves for grain and wine;
they rebel against me.(A)
Proverbs 28:9
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9 When one will not listen to the law,
even one’s prayers are an abomination.(A)
Psalm 109:7
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7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty;
let his prayer be counted as sin.(A)
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