Job 35:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.

Cross References

Job 15:31

Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness will be his recompense.

Job 30:20

I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me.

Psalm 102:17

he will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their supplication.

Psalm 66:18

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Proverbs 15:29

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

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 28:9

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

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing evil upon them which they cannot escape; though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves, they rebel against me.

Amos 5:22

Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and cereal offerings, I will not accept them, and the peace offerings of your fatted beasts I will not look upon.

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.

Matthew 6:7

“And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.