Psalms 66:18

World English Bible (2000)

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
  • Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
  • Job 36:21 : 21 Take heed, don't regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 15:29 : 29 Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

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