Psalm 66:18

The Passion Translation

Yet if I had closed my eyes to my sin, the Lord God would have closed his ears to my prayer.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord doesn’t respond to the wicked, but he’s moved to answer the prayers of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:8

It is despicable to the Lord when people use the worship of the Almighty as a cloak for their sin, but every prayer of the righteous is pleasing to his heart.

Proverbs 21:13

If you close your heart to the cries of the poor, then I’ll close my ears when you cry out to me!

Proverbs 28:9

If you close your heart and refuse to listen to God’s instruction, even your prayer will be despised.

Isaiah 1:15

When you stretch out your hands to pray, I will hide my eyes from you. Repeat your prayers all you want, but I will not listen, for your hands are stained with innocent blood.

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but only to godly people who do his will.

James 4:3

And if you ask, you won’t receive it for you’re asking with corrupt motives, seeking only to fulfill your own selfish desires.