The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.

For the end, for the sons of Korah; A Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her with His countenance.

For what manner of nation [is so] great, which has God so near to them as the Lord our God [is] in all things in whatsoever we may call upon Him?

And it was noon, and Elijah the Tishbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and needs to be awakened.

And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.

Then shall you cry, and God shall hearken to you; while you are yet speaking He will say, Behold, I am here. If you remove from you the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;

Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and we will make [Our] home with him.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded.

A Prayer of David. Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not [uttered] with deceitful lips.

Blessed are they that search out His testimonies; they will diligently seek Him with the whole heart.

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

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.

Wash, and be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before My eyes; cease from your iniquities;

And pray to Me, and I will hearken to you; and you shall earnestly seek Me, and you shall find Me;

for you shall seek Me with your whole heart.

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

"And whenever you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and on the streetcorners, so that they may be seen by men. Assuredly I say to you, that they receive their reward in full.

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

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you do not enter, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

God [is] Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

Because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things.

And whatever we should ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and we do the things pleasing before Him.