Verse 29

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

Referenced Verses

  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The LORD is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely. 19 He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The LORD abhors the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
  • 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord’s face is against those who do evil.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship 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 used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months! 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The LORD pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help. 16 But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. 17 The godly cry out and the LORD hears; he saves them from all their troubles.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the LORD, but he does not answer them.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,” says the LORD, 9 “for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”