Verse 29

¶ The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Referenced Verses

  • John 9:31 : 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 ¶ The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
  • 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]: 19 [But] verily God hath heard [me]; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 ¶ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their cry. 16 The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 [The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 ¶ Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 ¶ Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 ‹And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.›