Job 27:9

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Job 27:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

10 Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

11 I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

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Job 35:12

There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Job 35:13

Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

Psalms 18:41

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

Psalms 66:18

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Psalms 109:7

When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Proverbs 28:9

Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

Zechariah 7:13

And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

James 4:3

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

Luke 13:25

After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’