Verse 29

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

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  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to them.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. 19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But truly, God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. For we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspeakable groanings. 27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. 16 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry. 17 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the Lord is exalted, he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 Those who are far from You will perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 You have made my enemies turn their backs in retreat, and I destroy those who hate me.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.