Job 27:9
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“Will God hear his cry
When trouble and distress come upon him?
Job 35:12-13
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“The people cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.
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“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry [which lacks trust],
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
Isaiah 1:15-16
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“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
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“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Get your evil deeds out of My sight.
Stop doing evil,
Jeremiah 11:11
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11 Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am bringing disaster and suffering on them which they will not be able to escape; though they cry to Me, I will not listen to them.
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Micah 3:4
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Then they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not answer them;
Instead, He will even hide His face from them at that time [withholding His mercy]
Because they have practiced and tolerated and ignored evil acts.(A)
James 4:3
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3 You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask [a]with wrong motives [out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda], so that [when you get what you want] you may spend it on your [hedonistic] desires.
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- James 4:3 Lit wrongly.
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