1 Samuel 25:35

So David received of her hand [that] which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

Ver. 35. See, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.] The person must be accepted before the suit can be graciously answered, as with man, so with God, who "heareth not sinners"; Joh 9:31 "but in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him": Act 10:35 he will not hear a good motion from an evil mouth.