Bible verses about unanswered prayers
Posted on June 8, 2023 • 3 minutes • 546 words
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Sometimes our prayers aren’t answered. These Bible verses will clue you in
Proverbs 28:9 « One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. »
Proverbs 21:13 « Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be heard. »
Job 35:12-13 « 12 There they cry out, but He does not answer, Because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it. »
Isaiah 59:2 « But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. »
Micah 3:2-4 « 2 You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop them in pieces Like meat for the pot, Like flesh in the caldron." 4 Then they will cry to the Lord, But He will not hear them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, Because they have been evil in their deeds. »
Jeremiah 11:11-14 « 11 Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to escape; and though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them. 12 Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. 13 For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. 14 “So do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble. »
Psalms 66:18 « If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. »
Proverbs 1:24-25 « 24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, 25 Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke, »
James 4:3 « You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. »
Job 27:8-9 « 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life? 9 Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him? »
James 1:6-7 « 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; »
Seeking the Kingdom of God first is key
Matthew 6:33 « But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. »