Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.
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Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.
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Genesis 4:16
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
Jeremiah 32:31
For this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face:
Matthew 22:13
Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
Matthew 25:46
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
1 John 2:28
And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.
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Genesis 6:5
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Genesis 18:32
And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.
Deuteronomy 32:19
And the Lord saw with disgust the evil-doing of his sons and daughters.
Joshua 7:11
Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.
1 Samuel 7:9
And Samuel took a young lamb, offering all of it as a burned offering to the Lord; and Samuel made prayers to the Lord for Israel and the Lord gave him an answer.
Psalms 14:3
They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.
Isaiah 50:1
This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.
Isaiah 59:1
Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
Jeremiah 5:25
Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.
Matthew 6:22
The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.
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Genesis 20:7
So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your life may be safe: but if you do not give her back, be certain that death will come to you and all your house.
Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.
Genesis 29:31
Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
Deuteronomy 9:26
And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand.
1 Samuel 5:11
So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.
1 Samuel 5:12
And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.
Ezra 6:10
So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.
Job 42:8
And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
Job 42:9
And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.
Job 42:10
And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.
Isaiah 45:11
The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands?
Acts 3:24
And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.
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Exodus 33:7
Now it was Moses' way to put up the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle, at some distance away; giving it the name of The Tent of meeting. And everyone desiring to make his prayer to the Lord went to the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle.
Psalms 35:22
You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.
Hosea 9:12
Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.
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Exodus 34:6
And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;
Exodus 34:7
Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
Deuteronomy 4:7
For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
1 Chronicles 29:17
And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.
Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.
Psalms 34:18
The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.
Psalms 138:6
Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Proverbs 24:12
If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
Isaiah 57:15
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
Jeremiah 23:23
Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?
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Ezra 9:8
And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
Psalms 13:3
Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;
Psalms 38:10
My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.
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Job 11:14
If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
Job 11:15
Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:
Job 22:22
Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.
Job 22:23
If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;
Job 22:24
And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;
Job 22:25
Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;
Job 22:26
For then you will have delight in the Ruler of all, and your face will be lifted up to God.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.
Ecclesiastes 5:3
As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.
Hosea 8:2
They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.
Hosea 8:3
Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.
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Job 31:27
A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
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Job 35:12
There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
John 3:21
But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
John 3:22
After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.
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Psalms 73:27
For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.
Proverbs 12:2
A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
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Psalms 1:2
But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
Psalms 19:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.
Psalms 19:8
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
Psalms 119:18
Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
Psalms 119:47
And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.
Psalms 119:70
Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
Zephaniah 3:5
The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame.
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Psalms 25:15
My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.
Psalms 123:1
A Song of the going up. To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.
Psalms 141:8
But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death.
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Proverbs 1:19
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
Proverbs 15:25
The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.
Proverbs 15:26
Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.
Proverbs 15:27
He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.
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Proverbs 1:24
Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
Proverbs 1:29
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
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Proverbs 3:11
My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:
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Proverbs 3:12
For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.
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Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,
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Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.
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Psalms 101:6
My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.
Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
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Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.
Proverbs 16:9
A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
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Isaiah 55:8
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.
Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:11
So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.
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Isaiah 1:12
At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?
Isaiah 1:13
Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.
Isaiah 1:14
Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.
Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 42:20
For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.
Jeremiah 42:21
And this day I have made it clear to you, and you have not given ear to the voice of the Lord your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.
Ezekiel 20:3
Son of man, say to the responsible men of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Have you come to get directions from me? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no directions from me.
Luke 20:8
And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by what authority I do these things.
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Jeremiah 15:12
Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?
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Jeremiah 15:13
I will give your wealth and your stores to your attackers, without a price, because of all your sins, even in every part of your land.
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1 Samuel 28:6
And when Saul went for directions to the Lord, the Lord gave him no answer, by a dream or by the Urim or by the prophets.
2 Samuel 2:1
Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.
2 Kings 3:13
But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.
Psalms 50:16
But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
Proverbs 21:27
The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
Isaiah 1:11
What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Isaiah 33:15
He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
Jeremiah 7:8
See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.
Jeremiah 7:9
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
Jeremiah 7:10
And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?
Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?
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Hosea 10:6
And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.
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Matthew 5:8
Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
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Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.
Matthew 5:15
And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.
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Matthew 6:7
And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.
Matthew 20:21
And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.
Matthew 20:22
But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?
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Job 22:27
You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.
Psalms 17:1
A Prayer. Of David. Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.
Psalms 31:22
And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.
Psalms 66:20
Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.
Psalms 69:33
For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.
Song of Solomon 2:14
O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.
Isaiah 7:7
This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.
Lamentations 3:56
My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.
Hosea 7:14
And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
Matthew 7:9
Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
Matthew 7:10
Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?
John 11:42
I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.
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2 Chronicles 33:13
And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.
Psalms 102:17
When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.
Isaiah 65:24
And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.
Jeremiah 12:2
They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
Hosea 5:15
I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.
Matthew 7:8
Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
Matthew 7:11
If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
Luke 11:9
And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.
Luke 11:10
For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
Philippians 4:6
Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
1 John 5:14
And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:
1 John 5:15
And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.
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Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.
Acts 10:4
And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.
Philippians 4:18
I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.
Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.
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1 Thessalonians 5:25
Brothers, keep us in mind in your prayers.
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Hebrews 5:8
And though he was a Son, through the pain which he underwent, the knowledge came to him of what it was to be under God's orders;
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Hebrews 12:14
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
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1 Kings 17:22
And the Lord gave ear to the voice of Elijah, and the child's spirit came into him again, and he came back to life.
1 Kings 18:39
And when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God.
James 5:17
Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.
James 5:18
And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.
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