Job 27:9

New English Translation

Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

Cross References

Psalm 109:7

When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

Psalm 18:41

They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.

Psalm 18:42

I grind them as fine windblown dust; I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets.

Psalm 66:18

If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Proverbs 1:27

when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

Proverbs 28:9

The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.

Jeremiah 11:11

So I, the Lord, say this: ‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

Hosea 7:14

They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.

Micah 3:4

Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”

Zechariah 7:13

“‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.

Luke 13:25

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

Deuteronomy 1:45

Then you came back and wept before the Lord, but he paid no attention to you whatsoever.

James 4:3

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.