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Bible Verses About unanswered prayer

14 key scriptures

What does the Bible say about unanswered prayer? Browse 14 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: James 4:3
King James (KJV)Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. lusts: or, pleasures

14 Key Scriptures

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. lusts: or, pleasures
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: in: or, concerning him
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
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.
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. have hid: or, have made him hide
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. against: Gr. upon
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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.

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