Job 27:9

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Will God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?

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  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me.
  • Isa 1:15 : 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 full of blood.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the evil they have done.
  • Jer 14:12 : 12 Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry; even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will consume them by sword, famine, and plague.
  • Job 35:12-13 : 12 There they cry out, but He does not answer because of the pride of evil men. 13 Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not regard them.
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 You have made my enemies turn their backs in retreat, and I destroy those who hate me.
  • Ps 66:18 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  • Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am bringing disaster upon them from which they cannot escape. Even though they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.’
  • Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have compassion. Even though they cry out loudly in My ears, I will not hear them.'
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Luke 13:25 : 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'
  • 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.
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
  • Hos 7:14 : 14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 If anyone turns away his ear from listening to the law, even his prayer is detestable.
  • Ps 109:7 : 7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer become sin.

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  • 10 Does he delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?

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

  • Job 34:28-29
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    28 He causes the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

    29 When He gives quietness, who can condemn? When He hides His face, who can behold Him? Yet He watches over both nation and man alike.

  • Job 35:12-13
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    12 There they cry out, but He does not answer because of the pride of evil men.

    13 Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not regard them.

  • Job 30:24-25
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    24 Surely one does not stretch out a hand in ruin or cry for help in disaster.

    25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the needy?

  • 7 Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

  • 14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when He calls me to account?

  • 17 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.

  • 24 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

  • 3 Who has given to me first, that I should repay them? Everything under the heavens belongs to me.

  • 4 Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • 24 Distress and anguish terrify him; they overpower him like a king prepared for battle.

  • 9 People cry out because of the multitude of oppressions; they plead for help because of the power of the mighty.

  • 8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

  • 26 They pray to God, and He accepts them; they see His face with joy, and He restores His righteousness to them.

  • 9 They are joined to one another; they stick together and cannot be separated.

  • 1 For the Chief Musician, according to Jeduthun, a psalm of Asaph.

  • 7 Hear my voice, Lord, when I call. Be gracious to me and answer me.

  • 9 To You, O LORD, I call; to the Lord I plead for mercy:

  • 28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and my life will see the light.

  • 1 Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

  • 1 A prayer of an afflicted person, when they are overwhelmed and pour out their complaint before the LORD.

  • 1 For the chief musician, with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

  • 19 Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

  • 21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as one does for his neighbor.

  • Ps 55:16-17
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    16 May death seize them suddenly; let them go down alive into Sheol, for evil is in their dwelling and within them.

    17 But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.

  • 22 It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

  • 6 They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.

  • 13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

  • 4 Is it because of your reverence that He rebukes you and brings you into judgment?

  • 9 For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'

  • 19 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me, for many are with me.

  • 23 When a scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

  • 29 Since I am already condemned, why should I labor in vain?

  • 39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

  • 8 Will you show Him partiality or argue the case for God?

  • 1 Call now—will anyone answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

  • 16 If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.

  • 15 Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.

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    5 I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me.

    6 Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength.

  • 13 God will not turn back His anger; even the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath Him.

  • 12 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.

  • 19 Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

  • 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me.

  • 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and withdraw His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”