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Job 35:13

Job 35:13 is verse 13 of Job chapter 35, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

World English Bible

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.

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Job 35:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

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

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

14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 22:22

Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

Job 22:23

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

Job 22:24

and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

Job 22:25

then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

Job 22:26

Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

Job 22:27

You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

Job 27:8

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

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 15:29

The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 28:9

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

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

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.

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.

Hosea 8:2

Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

Hosea 8:3

But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

Matthew 6:7

And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Matthew 20:21

“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”

Matthew 20:22

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

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.

Job 30:20

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Psalms 102:17

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

Amos 5:22

Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

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