If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
Parallel translations
- KJV If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
- BSB If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- NKJV If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.
- NASB If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear;
- NLT If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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Cross-references · 9
- John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
- Prov 28:9He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
- Prov 15:29Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Prov 15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Isa 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
- Jas 4:3You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
- Prov 21:13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
- Job 27:8–9For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 36:21Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
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