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 Now we know that God does not hear sinners: but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him; he also will hear their cry and will save them.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination 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 open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 19 But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the LORD is high, yet He respects the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.