If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
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