And receive a declaration from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

You shall lay up for yourself [treasure] in a heap on the rock; and Ophir [shall be] as the rock of the torrent.

Then shall you have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?

Will God hear his prayer? Or when distress has come upon him,

The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord, but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable to Him.

God is far from the ungodly, but He hears the prayers of the righteous. [ 15:29A] Better are small receipts with righteousness, than abundant fruits with unrighteousness. [ 15:29B] Let the heart of a man think justly, that his steps may be rightly ordered of God.

He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has made his prayer abominable.

Keep your foot, whenever you go to the house of God; and [when you are] near to hear, let your sacrifice [be] better than the gift of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.

When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away My eyes from you; and though you make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.

Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I bring evils upon this people, out of which they shall not be able to come forth; and they shall presently cry to Me, but I will not listen to them.

And their hearts did not cry to Me, but they howled on their beds: they pined for oil and wine.

They shall soon cry out to Me, [saying], O God, we know You.

For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.

But when you pray, do not babble like the heathen, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

And He said to her, "What do you desire?" She said to Him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and one on Your left, in Your kingdom."

But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink, or to be baptized [with] the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to Him, "We are able."

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend [it] in [gratifying] your lusts.

And I have cried to You, but You do not hear me: but they stood still, and observed me.

He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition.

Wherefore if you should bring Me your whole burnt sacrifices and grain offerings, I will not accept them, neither will I have respect to your grand peace offerings.