Bible Cross References
God
Job 22:22-27
22
Accept the teaching he gives; keep his words in your heart.
23
Yes, you must humbly return to God and put an end to all the evil that is done in your house.
24
Throw away your gold; dump your finest gold in the dry stream bed.
25
Let Almighty God be your gold, and let him be silver, piled high for you.
26
Then you will always trust in God and find that he is the source of your joy.
27
When you pray, he will answer you, and you will keep the vows you made.
Job 27:8
What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?
Job 27:9
When trouble comes, will God hear their cries?
Proverbs 15:8
The LORD is pleased when good people pray, but hates the sacrifices that the wicked bring him.
Proverbs 15:29
When good people pray, the LORD listens, but he ignores those who are evil.
Proverbs 28:9
If you do not obey the law, God will find your prayers too hateful to hear.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
1
Be careful about going to the Temple. It is better to go there to learn than to offer sacrifices like foolish people who don't know right from wrong.
2
Think before you speak, and don't make any rash promises to God. He is in heaven and you are on earth, so don't say any more than you have to.
3
The more you worry, the more likely you are to have bad dreams, and the more you talk, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
Isaiah 1:15
"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.
Jeremiah 11:11
So now I, the LORD, warn them that I am going to bring destruction on them, and they will not escape. And when they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.
Hosea 7:14
They have not prayed to me sincerely, but instead they throw themselves down and wail as the heathen do. When they pray for grain and wine, they gash themselves like pagans. What rebels they are!
Hosea 8:2
Even though they call me their God and claim that they are my people and that they know me,
Hosea 8:3
they have rejected what is good. Because of this their enemies will pursue them.
Matthew 6:7
"When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long.
Matthew 20:21
"What do you want?" Jesus asked her. She answered, "Promise me that these two sons of mine will sit at your right and your left when you are King."
Matthew 20:22
"You don't know what you are asking for," Jesus answered the sons. "Can you drink the cup of suffering that I am about to drink?" "We can," they answered.
James 4:3
And when you ask, you do not receive it, because your motives are bad; you ask for things to use for your own pleasures.
regard
Job 30:20
I call to you, O God, but you never answer; and when I pray, you pay no attention.
Psalm 102:17
He will hear his forsaken people and listen to their prayer.
Amos 5:22
When you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not accept the animals you have fattened to bring me as offerings.