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What does the Bible say about unanswered prayer?

14 verses about unanswered prayer, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about unanswered prayer

James 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 5 votes
Psalms 66:18 — If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear 3 votes
1 John 5:14 — And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 3 votes
Proverbs 28:9 — He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. 2 votes
Isaiah 59:2 — But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 2 votes
Matthew 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 2 votes
Matthew 21:22 — And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 2 votes
Mark 11:24 — Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 2 votes
John 9:31 — Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 2 votes
John 15:7 — If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 2 votes
2 Corinthians 12:7 — 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. 2 votes
Philippians 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 2 votes
James 1:6 — 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. 2 votes
1 Peter 3:12 — 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. 2 votes

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Matthew (2), John (2), James (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Mark (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Philippians (1), 1 Peter (1), 1 John (1)

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