Psalm 66:18

Contemporary English Version 1995

If my thoughts had been sinful, he would have refused to hear me.

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We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. God doesn't listen to sinners.

God cannot stand the prayers of anyone who disobeys his Law.

The Lord never even hears the prayers of the wicked, but he answers the prayers of all who obey him.

The Lord is disgusted by gifts from the wicked, but it makes him happy when his people pray.

“No matter how much you pray, I won't listen. You are too violent.

Yet even when you do pray, your prayers are not answered, because you pray just for selfish reasons.

If you won't help the poor, don't expect to be heard when you cry out for help.

Be on guard! Don't turn to evil as a way of escape.

If God All-Powerful refuses to answer their empty prayers,