Psalm 66:18

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Job 35:13

Surely it is an empty cry – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

Job 36:21

Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.

Proverbs 15:29

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

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

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.

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.

James 4:3

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