Prayers of the unrighteous

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• John 9:31

  Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

• Proverbs 28:9

  He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

• 1 Peter 3:12

  For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

• Psalms 66:18

  If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

• Isaiah 59:2

  But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

• Proverbs 15:29

  The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

• James 5:16

  Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

• James 4:3

  Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

• 1 John 1:9

  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

• John 15:7

  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

• James 4:4

  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

• James 1:6–7

  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

• Hebrews 4:16

  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

• John 15:16

  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

• John 3:3

  Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

• Ephesians 6:18

  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

• 1 John 5:14

  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

• John 3:36

  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

• John 14:13–14

  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

• Proverbs 21:13

  Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

• John 3:16

  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

• James 4:8

  Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

• Matthew 6:7

  But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

• Mark 11:24

  Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:17

  Pray without ceasing.

• Isaiah 1:15

  And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

• Revelation 21:8

  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

• 1 Timothy 2:1

  I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

• Ephesians 2:8

  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

• John 14:6

  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

• Psalms 145:18

  The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

• Proverbs 15:26

  The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

• Romans 8:26

  Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

• 1 Timothy 2:5

  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

• John 3:18

  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

• Romans 12:12

  Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

• Acts 1:14

  These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

• 1 John 5:16

  If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

• 2 Timothy 2:15

  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

• Luke 18:1

  And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;