Bible Verses About Wicked: Prayer of

You returned and cried before ADONAI, but ADONAI neither listened to what you said nor paid you any attention.

But ADONAI was angry with me on account of you, and he didn't listen to me. ADONAI said to me, 'Enough from you! Don't say another word to me about this matter!

"They looked, but there was no one to help, even to ADONAI, but he didn't answer.

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

They may cry out, but no one answers, because of evil men's pride.

For God will not listen to empty cries; Shaddai pays no attention to them.

"They cried out, but there was no one to help, even to ADONAI, but he didn't answer.

Had I cherished evil thoughts, Adonai would not have listened.

Because you refused when I called, and no one paid attention when I put out my hand,

but instead you neglected my counsel and would not accept my reproof;

I, in turn, will laugh at your distress, and mock when terror comes over you

yes, when terror overtakes you like a storm and your disaster approaches like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble assail you.

Then they will call me, but I won't answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they won't find me.

ADONAI detests the sacrifices of the wicked but delights in the prayers of the upright.

ADONAI is far from the wicked, but he listens to the prayer of the righteous.

Whoever stops up his ears at the cry of the poor will himself cry, but not be answered.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with vile motives.

If a person will not listen to Torah, even his prayer is an abomination.

"When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; no matter how much you pray, I won't be listening; because your hands are covered with blood.

I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Ya'akov, 'It is in vain that you will seek me.' I, ADONAI, speak rightly; I say what is true.

Rather, it is your own crimes that separate you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he doesn't hear.

Therefore ADONAI says, "I am going to bring on them a disaster which they will not be able to escape; and even if they cry to me, I will not listen to them.

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; when they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Rather, I will destroy them with war, famine and disease."

Then ADONAI said to me, "Even if Moshe and Sh'mu'el were standing in front of me, my heart would not turn toward this people! Drive them out of my sight, get them out of here!

Like a strong east wind, I will scatter them before the enemy. I will see their back, not their face, on their day of disaster.'"