Psalms 66:18

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If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 If anyone turns away his ear from listening to the law, even his prayer is detestable.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 9 Will God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?
  • Job 36:21 : 21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for you have preferred this to affliction.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • Prov 15:29 : 29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

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    2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

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    18 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is continually before me.

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