Job 27:9

New International Reader's Version

God won’t listen to their cry when trouble comes on them.

Cross References

Psalm 109:7

When they are tried, let them be found guilty. May even their prayers judge them.

Psalm 18:41

They cried out for help. But there was no one to save them. They called out to the Lord. But he didn’t answer them.

Psalm 18:42

I beat them as fine as dust blown by the wind. I stomped on them like mud in the streets.

Psalm 66:18

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

Proverbs 1:27

I will laugh when hard times hit you like a storm. I will laugh when danger comes your way like a windstorm. I will make fun of you when suffering and trouble come.

Proverbs 1:28

“Then you will call to me. But I won’t answer. You will look for me. But you won’t find me.

Proverbs 28:9

If you don’t pay attention to my instruction, even your prayers are hated.

Isaiah 1:15

You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray. But I do not look at you. You might even offer many prayers. But I am not listening to them. Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.

Jeremiah 11:11

So I say, ‘I will bring trouble on them. They will not be able to escape it. They will cry out to me. But I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

Even if they go without food, I will not listen to their cry for help. They might sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with war, hunger and plague.”

Ezekiel 8:18

So I am angry with them. I will punish them. I will not spare them or feel sorry for them. They might even shout in my ears. But I will not listen to them.”

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry out to me from their hearts. Instead, they just lie on their beds and sob. They cut themselves when they pray to their gods for grain and fresh wine. But they turn away from me.

Micah 3:4

The time will come when Israel will cry out to the Lord. But he won’t answer them. In fact, he’ll turn his face away from them. They have done what is evil.

Zechariah 7:13

“When I called, they did not listen,” says the Lord. “So when they called, I would not listen.

Luke 13:25

The owner of the house will get up and close the door. Then you will stand outside knocking and begging. You will say, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you. And I don’t know where you come from.’

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does what he wants them to do.

Deuteronomy 1:45

You came back and wept in front of the Lord. But he didn’t pay any attention to your weeping. He wouldn’t listen to you.

James 4:3

When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it. That’s because you ask for the wrong reason. You want to spend your money on your sinful pleasures.