Prayers Of The Unrighteous

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

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.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. — read the full passage →

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. — read the full passage →

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Pray without ceasing.

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

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.

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. — read the full passage →

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: — read the full passage →

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. — read the full passage →

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. — read the full passage →

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. — read the full passage →

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?