John 9:31
Now we know that God hears not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
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Luke 18:10-14
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
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James 4:3
You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your lusts.
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