Micah 3:4

New Living Translation

Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won’t even look at you!”

Cross References

Job 27:9

Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?

Job 35:13

But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen, to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.

Psalm 18:41

They called for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.

Proverbs 1:28

“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

Proverbs 28:9

God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law.

Isaiah 1:15

When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

Isaiah 3:11

But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.

Jeremiah 14:12

When they fast, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease.”

Jeremiah 33:5

You expect to fight the Babylonians, but the men of this city are already as good as dead, for I have determined to destroy them in my terrible anger. I have abandoned them because of all their wickedness.

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”

Micah 3:7

Then you seers will be put to shame, and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced. And you will cover your faces because there is no answer from God.”

Micah 7:13

But the land will become empty and desolate because of the wickedness of those who live there.

Zechariah 7:13

“Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Matthew 7:22

On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’

Luke 13:25

When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.

James 2:13

There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

1 Samuel 8:18

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the Lord will not help you.”