Psalm 66:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear me:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me; [Prov. 15:29; 28:9; Isa. 1:15; John 9:31; James 4:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

Common English Bible

¹⁸ If I had cherished evil in my heart, my Lord would not have listened.

Psalm 66:18 Cross References

Job 35:13

Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.

Job 36:21

Beware! Do not turn to iniquity; because of that you have been tried by affliction.

Proverbs 15:29

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

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 21:13

If you close your ear to the cry of the poor, you will cry out and not be heard.

Proverbs 28:9

When one will not listen to the law, even one’s prayers are an abomination.

Isaiah 1:15

When you stretch 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.

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.