Isaiah 1:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Micah 3:4

Some day you will beg the LORD to help you, but he will turn away because of your sins.

Proverbs 1:28

You will ask for my help, but I won't listen; you will search, but you won't find me.

Zechariah 7:13

and said, “You people paid no attention when I called out to you, and now I'll pay no attention when you call out to me.”

Jeremiah 14:12

They may even go without eating and offer sacrifices to please me and to give thanks. But when they cry out for my help, I won't listen, and I won't accept their sacrifices. Instead, I'll send war, starvation, and disease to wipe them out.”

Psalm 66:18

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

1 Kings 8:22

Solomon stood facing the altar with everyone standing behind him. Then he lifted his arms towards heaven

Isaiah 58:7

Share your food with everyone who is hungry; share your home with the poor and homeless. Give clothes to those in need; don't turn away your relatives.

Psalm 55:1

Listen, God, to my prayer! Don't reject my request.

Job 27:20

Terror will strike at night like a flood or a storm.

1 Kings 8:54

When Solomon finished his prayer at the altar, he was kneeling with his arms lifted towards heaven. He stood up,

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Matthew 6:7

When you pray, don't talk on and on as people do who don't know God. They think God likes to hear long prayers.

1 Timothy 2:8

I want everyone everywhere to lift innocent hands towards heaven and pray, without being angry or arguing with each other.

Isaiah 8:17

Meanwhile, I patiently trust the LORD, even though he is no longer pleased with Israel.

Psalm 134:2

lift your hands in prayer towards his holy place and praise the LORD.

Ezra 9:5

At the time of the evening sacrifice, I was still sitting there in sorrow with my clothes all torn. So I got down on my knees, then lifted my arms,

John 9:31

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

Exodus 9:29

Moses answered, “As soon as I leave the city, I will lift my arms in prayer. When the thunder and hail stop, you will know that the earth belongs to the LORD.

Job 35:13

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

Isaiah 4:4

after the LORD sends a fiery judgment to clean the city and its people of their violent deeds.

Isaiah 45:15

People of Israel, your God is a mystery, though he alone can save.

Isaiah 58:4

You even get angry and ready to fight. No wonder God won't listen to your prayers!

Isaiah 64:7

No one worships in your name or remains faithful. You have turned your back on us and let our sins melt us away.

Jeremiah 4:31

I heard groaning and crying. Was it a woman giving birth to her first child? No, it was Jerusalem. She was gasping for breath and begging for help. “I'm dying!” she said. “They have murdered me.”

Jeremiah 11:11

Here is what I've decided to do. I will bring suffering on the people of Judah and Jerusalem, and no one will escape. They will beg me to help, but I won't listen to their prayers.

Ezekiel 11:6

You have murdered so many people that the city is filled with dead bodies!

Ezekiel 14:3

Ezekiel, son of man, these men have started worshipping idols, though they know it will cause them to sin even more. So I refuse to give them a message!

Ezekiel 39:23

Foreign nations will realize that the Israelites were forced to leave their own land because they sinned against me. I turned my back on my people and let enemies attack and kill them.

Hosea 5:6

You offer sheep and cattle as sacrifices to me, but I have turned away and refuse to be found.

Proverbs 6:17

Those who are too proud or tell lies or murder,