Isaiah 1:15

God's Word

So when you stretch out your hands ⌞in prayer⌟, I will turn my eyes away from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are covered with blood.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:22

In the presence of the entire assembly of Israel, Solomon stood in front of the Lord’s altar. He stretched out his hands toward heaven

1 Kings 8:54

When Solomon finished praying this prayer for mercy to the Lord, he stood in front of the Lord’s altar, where he had been kneeling with his hands stretched out toward heaven.

Ezra 9:5

At the evening sacrifice I got up from my misery, and with my clothes torn, I knelt down, stretched out my hands to the Lord my God in prayer,

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like a flood. A windstorm snatches him away at night.

Job 35:13

“Surely, God doesn’t listen to idle complaints. The Almighty doesn’t even pay attention to them.

Psalm 134:2

Lift your hands toward the holy place, and praise the Lord.

Psalm 55:1

Open your ears to my prayer, O God. Do not hide from my plea for mercy.

Psalm 66:18

If I had thought about doing anything sinful, the Lord would not have listened ⌞to me⌟.

Exodus 9:29

Moses replied, “As soon as I’m out of the city, I’ll spread out my hands to the Lord in prayer. The thunder will stop, and there will be no more hail. This is how you will know that the earth belongs to the Lord.

Proverbs 1:28

“They will call to me at that time, but I will not answer. They will look for me, but they will not find me,

Proverbs 6:17

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,

Isaiah 4:4

The Lord will wash away the filth of Zion’s people. He will clean bloodstains from Jerusalem with a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning.

Isaiah 45:15

Certainly, you are a God who has hidden himself. You are the God of Israel, the Savior!

Isaiah 58:4

Don’t you see that when you fast, you quarrel and fight and beat your workers? The way you fast today keeps you from being heard in heaven.

Isaiah 58:7

Share your food with the hungry, take the poor and homeless into your house, and cover them with clothes when you see ⌞them⌟ naked. Don’t refuse to help your relatives.

Isaiah 64:7

No one calls on your name or tries to hold on to you. You have hidden your face from us. You have let us be ruined by our sins.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the Lord, who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will hope in him.

Jeremiah 11:11

This is what the Lord says: I’m going to bring a disaster on them that they can’t escape. Although they will cry out to me, I won’t listen to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

Even if they go without food, I won’t listen to their cries for help. Even if they sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won’t be pleased with them. But I will destroy these people with wars, famines, and plagues.”

Jeremiah 4:31

I hear a woman in labor. I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child. My people Zion are gasping for breath. They are stretching out their hands, saying, “How horrible it is for us! We’re defenseless in the presence of murderers!”

Ezekiel 11:6

You have killed many people in this city and have filled its streets with corpses.

Ezekiel 14:3

“Son of man, these people are devoted to their idols, and they are allowing themselves to fall into sin. Should they be allowed to ask me for help?

Ezekiel 39:23

Then the nations will know that the people of Israel went into captivity because they did wrong and rebelled against me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies. They were killed in battle.

Hosea 5:6

They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for the Lord, but they can’t find him. He has left them.

Micah 3:4

Then you will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer you. He will hide his face from you at that time because you have done evil things.

Zechariah 7:13

“When I called, they wouldn’t listen. So now when they call, I won’t listen, says the Lord of Armies.

Matthew 23:13

“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You don’t enter it yourselves, and you don’t permit others to enter when they try.

Matthew 6:7

“When you pray, don’t ramble like heathens who think they’ll be heard if they talk a lot.

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners. Instead, he listens to people who are devout and who do what he wants.

1 Timothy 2:8

I want men to offer prayers everywhere. They should raise their hands in prayer after putting aside their anger and any quarrels they have with anyone.