Abraham
he will pray for
you and you will live
Gen 20:7 Now return the man's wife, for he
is a prophet, and he will pray for
you and you will live. But if you do not
return her, you may be sure
that you and all yours will die."
Gen 20:17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and
God healed Abimelech, his wife and
his slave girls so they could have
children again,
Then he prayed
Gen 24:12 Then he prayed, "O LORD,
God of my master Abraham, give me success
today, and show kindness to my master
Abraham.
Gen 24:15 Before he had finished praying,
Rebekah came out with her jar on her
shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel
son of Milcah, who was the
wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.
Gen 24:45 "Before I finished praying
in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her
jar on her shoulder. She went down to the
spring and drew water, and
I said to her, `Please give me a drink.'
Isaac prayed to the LORD
Gen 25:21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on
behalf of his wife, because she was
barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and
his wife Rebekah became
pregnant.
Jacob prayed
Gen 32:9 Then Jacob prayed, "O God of
my father Abraham, God of my father
Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, `Go back to
your country and your
relatives, and I will make you prosper,'
Gen 32:11 Save me, I pray, from the hand
of my brother Esau, for I am afraid
he will come and attack me, and also the
mothers with their
children.
Exodus 8:8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and
Aaron and said, "Pray to the LORD to
take the frogs away from me and my people,
and I will let your
people go to offer sacrifices to the
LORD."
Exodus 8:9 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I
leave to you the honor of setting the
time for me to pray for you and your
officials and your people that
you and your houses may be rid of the frogs,
except for those that
remain in the Nile."
Now pray for me.
Exodus 8:28 Pharaoh said, "I will let
you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD
your God in the desert, but you must not
go very far. Now pray for
me."
Exodus 8:29 Moses answered, "As soon
as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD,
and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh
and his officials and
his people. Only be sure that Pharaoh does
not act deceitfully
again by not letting the people go to
offer sacrifices to the
LORD."
Moses prayed
Exodus 8:30 Then Moses left Pharaoh and
prayed to the LORD,
Exodus 9:28 Pray to the LORD, for we have
had enough thunder and hail. I will
let you go; you don't have to stay any
longer."
I will spread
out my hands in prayer to the LORD
Exodus 9:29 Moses replied, "When I
have gone out of the city, I will spread
out my hands in prayer to the LORD. The
thunder will stop and
there will be no more hail, so you may
know that the earth is the
LORD's.
Exodus 10:17 Now forgive my sin once more
and pray to the LORD your God to
take this deadly plague away from
me."
Exodus 10:18 Moses then left Pharaoh and
prayed to the LORD.
Num 11:2 When the people cried out to
Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the
fire died down.
Num 21:7 The people came to Moses and
said, "We sinned when we spoke against
the LORD and against you. Pray that the
LORD will take the snakes
away from us." So Moses prayed for
the people.
Deut 4:7 What other nation is so great as
to have their gods near them the way
the LORD our God is near us whenever we
pray to him?
at that
time I prayed for Aaron too.
Deut 9:20 And the LORD was angry enough
with Aaron to destroy him, but at that
time I prayed for Aaron too.
Deut 9:26 I prayed to the LORD and said,
"O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy
your people, your own inheritance that you
redeemed by your great
power and brought out of Egypt with a
mighty hand.
Judges 13:8 Then Manoah prayed to the
LORD: "O Lord, I beg you, let the man of
God you sent to us come again to teach us
how to bring up the boy
who is to be born."
Judges 16:28 Then Samson prayed to the
LORD, "O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O
God, please strengthen me just once more,
and let me with one
blow get revenge on the Philistines for my
two eyes."
Hannah prayed
1 Sam 1:10 In bitterness of soul Hannah
wept much and prayed to the LORD.
1 Sam 1:12 As she kept on praying to the
LORD, Eli observed her mouth.
1 Sam 1:13 Hannah was praying in her
heart, and her lips were moving but her
voice was not heard. Eli thought she was
drunk
1 Sam 1:16 Do not take your servant for a
wicked woman; I have been praying
here out of my great anguish and
grief."
1 Sam 1:26 and she said to him, "As
surely as you live, my lord, I am the
woman who stood here beside you praying to
the LORD.
1 Sam 1:27 I prayed for this child, and
the LORD has granted me what I asked
of him.
1 Sam 2:1 Then Hannah prayed and said:
"My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the
LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth
boasts over my enemies, for I
delight in your deliverance.
1 Sam 2:20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his
wife, saying, "May the LORD give
you children by this woman to take the
place of the one she prayed
for and gave to the LORD." Then they
would go home.
Samuel; so he prayed
1 Sam 8:6 But when they said, "Give
us a king to lead us," this displeased
Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
1 Sam 12:19 The people all said to Samuel,
"Pray to the LORD your God for your
servants so that we will not die, for we
have added to all our
other sins the evil of asking for a
king."
1 Sam 12:23 As for me, far be it from me
that I should sin against the LORD by
failing to pray for you. And I will teach
you the way that is good
and right.
Saul prayed to the LORD
1 Sam 14:41 Then Saul prayed to the LORD,
the God of Israel, "Give me the
right answer." And Jonathan and Saul
were taken by lot, and the
men were cleared.
2 Sam 7:27 "O LORD Almighty, God of
Israel, you have revealed this to your
servant, saying, `I will build a house for
you.' So your servant
has found courage to offer you this
prayer.
So David prayed
2 Sam 15:31 Now David had been told,
"Ahithophel is among the conspirators
with Absalom." So David prayed,
"O LORD, turn Ahithophel's counsel
into foolishness."
2 Sam 21:14 They buried the bones of Saul
and his son Jonathan in the tomb of
Saul's father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin,
and did everything the
king commanded. After that, God answered
prayer in behalf of the
land.
2 Sam 24:25 David built an altar to the
LORD there and sacrificed burnt
offerings and fellowship offerings. Then
the LORD answered prayer
in behalf of the land, and the plague on
Israel was stopped.
1 King 8:28 Yet give attention to your
servant's prayer and his plea for
mercy, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the
prayer that your
servant is praying in your presence this
day.
1 King 8:29 May your eyes be open toward
this temple night and day, this place
of which you said, `My Name shall be
there,' so that you will hear
the prayer your servant prays toward this
place.
1 King 8:30 Hear the supplication of your
servant and of your people Israel
when they pray toward this place. Hear
from heaven, your dwelling
place, and when you hear, forgive.
1 King 8:33 "When your people Israel
have been defeated by an enemy because
they have sinned against you, and when
they turn back to you and
confess your name, praying and making
supplication to you in this
temple,
1 King 8:35 "When the heavens are
shut up and there is no rain because your
people have sinned against you, and when
they pray toward this
place and confess your name and turn from
their sin because you
have afflicted them,
1 King 8:38 and when a prayer or plea is
made by any of your people Israel--
each one aware of the afflictions of his
own heart, and spreading
out his hands toward this temple--
1 King 8:42 for men will hear of your
great name and your mighty hand and your
outstretched arm-- when he comes and prays
toward this temple,
1 King 8:44 "When your people go to
war against their enemies, wherever you
send them, and when they pray to the LORD
toward the city you have
chosen and the temple I have built for
your Name,
1 King 8:45 then hear from heaven their
prayer and their plea, and uphold
their cause.
1 King 8:48 and if they turn back to you
with all their heart and soul in the
land of their enemies who took them
captive, and pray to you
toward the land you gave their fathers,
toward the city you have
chosen and the temple I have built for
your Name;
1 King 8:49 then from heaven, your
dwelling place, hear their prayer and their
plea, and uphold their cause.
Solomon had finished all these prayers
1 King 8:54 When Solomon had finished all
these prayers and supplications to
the LORD, he rose from before the altar of
the LORD, where he had
been kneeling with his hands spread out
toward heaven.
I have prayed before the LORD,
1 King 8:59 And may these words of mine,
which I have prayed before the LORD,
be near to the LORD our God day and night,
that he may uphold the
cause of his servant and the cause of his
people Israel according
to each day's need,
1 King 9:3 The LORD said to him: "I
have heard the prayer and plea you have
made before me; I have consecrated this
temple, which you have
built, by putting my Name there forever.
My eyes and my heart will
always be there.
man of God …pray for me
1 King 13:6 Then the king said to the man
of God, "Intercede with the LORD
your God and pray for me that my hand may
be restored." So the man
of God interceded with the LORD, and the
king's hand was restored
and became as it was before.
Elijah … prayed
1 King 18:36 At the time of sacrifice, the
prophet Elijah stepped forward and
prayed: "O LORD, God of Abraham,
Isaac and Israel, let it be
known today that you are God in Israel and
that I am your servant
and have done all these things at your
command.
1 King 19:4 while he himself went a day's
journey into the desert. He came to
a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed
that he might die. "I
have had enough, LORD," he said.
"Take my life; I am no better
than my ancestors."
2 King 4:33 He went in, shut the door on
the two of them and prayed to the
LORD.
Elisha prayed
2 King 6:17 And Elisha prayed, "O
LORD, open his eyes so he may see." Then the
LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he
looked and saw the hills
full of horses and chariots of fire all
around Elisha.
2 King 6:18 As the enemy came down toward
him, Elisha prayed to the LORD,
"Strike these people with
blindness." So he struck them with
blindness, as Elisha had asked.
2 King 19:4 It may be that the LORD your
God will hear all the words of the
field commander, whom his master, the king
of Assyria, has sent to
ridicule the living God, and that he will
rebuke him for the words
the LORD your God has heard. Therefore
pray for the remnant that
still survives."
Hezekiah prayed
2 King 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed to the
LORD: "O LORD, God of Israel,
enthroned between the cherubim, you alone
are God over all the
kingdoms of the earth. You have made
heaven and earth.
2 King 19:20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent
a message to Hezekiah: "This is what
the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have
heard your prayer
concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
2 King 20:2 Hezekiah turned his face to
the wall and prayed to the LORD,
2 King 20:5 "Go back and tell
Hezekiah, the leader of my people, `This is what
the LORD, the God of your father David,
says: I have heard your
prayer and seen your tears; I will heal
you. On the third day from
now you will go up to the temple of the
LORD.
1 Chr 5:20 They were helped in fighting
them, and God handed the Hagrites and
all their allies over to them, because
they cried out to him during
the battle. He answered their prayers,
because they trusted in him.
courage to pray
1 Chr 17:25 "You, my God, have
revealed to your servant that you will build a
house for him. So your servant has found
courage to pray to you.
2 Chr 6:19 Yet give attention to your
servant's prayer and his plea for mercy,
O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer
that your servant is
praying in your presence.
2 Chr 6:20 May your eyes be open toward
this temple day and night, this place
of which you said you would put your Name
there. May you hear the
prayer your servant prays toward this
place.
2 Chr 6:21 Hear the supplications of your
servant and of your people Israel
when they pray toward this place. Hear
from heaven, your dwelling
place; and when you hear, forgive.
praying …in this
temple
2 Chr 6:24 "When your people Israel
have been defeated by an enemy because
they have sinned against you and when they
turn back and confess
your name, praying and making supplication
before you in this
temple,
2 Chr 6:26 "When the heavens are shut
up and there is no rain because your
people have sinned against you, and when
they pray toward this
place and confess your name and turn from
their sin because you
have afflicted them,
2 Chr 6:29 and when a prayer or plea is
made by any of your people Israel--
each one aware of his afflictions and
pains, and spreading out his
hands toward this temple--
2 Chr 6:32 "As for the foreigner who
does not belong to your people Israel but
has come from a distant land because of
your great name and your
mighty hand and your outstretched arm--
when he comes and prays
toward this temple,
they pray to you
2 Chr 6:34 "When your people go to
war against their enemies, wherever you
send them, and when they pray to you
toward this city you have
chosen and the temple I have built for
your Name,
2 Chr 6:35 then hear from heaven their
prayer and their plea, and uphold their
cause.
2 Chr 6:38 and if they turn back to you
with all their heart and soul in the
land of their captivity where they were
taken, and pray toward the
land you gave their fathers, toward the
city you have chosen and
toward the temple I have built for your
Name;
2 Chr 6:39 then from heaven, your dwelling
place, hear their prayer and their
pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive
your people, who have
sinned against you.
Now, my God,
may your eyes be open
and your ears attentive to the
prayers offered in this place.
2 Chr 6:40 "Now, my God, may your
eyes be open and your ears attentive to the
prayers offered in this place.
2 Chr 7:1 When Solomon finished praying,
fire came down from heaven and
consumed the burnt offering and the
sacrifices, and the glory of the
LORD filled the temple.
2 Chr 7:12 the LORD appeared to him at
night and said: "I have heard your
prayer and have chosen this place for
myself as a temple for
sacrifices.
2 Chr 7:14 if my people, who are called by
my name, will humble themselves and
pray and seek my face and turn from their
wicked ways, then will I
hear from heaven and will forgive their
sin and will heal their
land.
2 Chr 7:15 Now my eyes will be open and my
ears attentive to the prayers
offered in this place.
Hezekiah prayed
2 Chr 30:18 Although most of the many
people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh,
Issachar and Zebulun had not purified
themselves, yet they ate the
Passover, contrary to what was written.
But Hezekiah prayed for
them, saying, "May the LORD, who is
good, pardon everyone
2 Chr 30:27 The priests and the Levites
stood to bless the people, and God
heard them, for their prayer reached
heaven, his holy dwelling
place.
2 Chr 32:20 King Hezekiah and the prophet
Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in
prayer to heaven about this.
2 Chr 32:24 In those days Hezekiah became
ill and was at the point of death.
He prayed to the LORD, who answered him
and gave him a miraculous
sign.
Manasseh …prayed
2 Chr 33:13 And when he prayed to him, the
LORD was moved by his entreaty and
listened to his plea; so he brought him
back to Jerusalem and to
his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the
LORD is God.
2 Chr 33:18 The other events of Manasseh's
reign, including his prayer to his
God and the words the seers spoke to him
in the name of the LORD,
the God of Israel, are written in the
annals of the kings of
Israel.
2 Chr 33:19 His prayer and how God was
moved by his entreaty, as well as all
his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites
where he built high
places and set up Asherah poles and idols
before he humbled
himself-- all are written in the records
of the seers.
Ezra 6:10 so that they may offer
sacrifices pleasing to the God of heaven and
pray for the well-being of the king and
his sons.
God …answered our
prayer.
Ezra 8:23 So we fasted and petitioned our
God about this, and he answered our
prayer.
Ezra 9:6 and prayed: "O my God, I am
too ashamed and disgraced to lift up my
face to you, my God, because our sins are
higher than our heads and
our guilt has reached to the heavens.
Ezra was praying
Ezra 10:1 While Ezra was praying and
confessing, weeping and throwing himself
down before the house of God, a large
crowd of Israelites-- men,
women and children-- gathered around him.
They too wept bitterly.
Neh 1:4 When I heard these things, I sat
down and wept. For some days I
mourned and fasted and prayed before the
God of heaven.
Neh 1:6 let your ear be attentive and your
eyes open to hear the prayer your
servant is praying before you day and
night for your servants, the
people of Israel. I confess the sins we
Israelites, including myself
and my father's house, have committed
against you.
Neh 1:11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive
to the prayer of this your servant
and to the prayer of your servants who
delight in revering your name.
Give your servant success today by
granting him favor in the presence
of this man." I was cupbearer to the
king.
I prayed
Neh 2:4 The king said to me, "What is
it you want?" Then I prayed to the God
of heaven,
we prayed
Neh 4:9 But we prayed to our God and
posted a guard day and night to meet this
threat.
Neh 11:17 Mattaniah son of Mica, the son
of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the
director who led in thanksgiving and
prayer; Bakbukiah, second among
his associates; and Abda son of Shammua,
the son of Galal, the son
of Jeduthun.
Job 16:17 yet my hands have been free of
violence and my prayer is pure.
Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we
should serve him? What would we gain by
praying to him?'
Job 22:27 You will pray to him, and he
will hear you, and you will fulfill
your vows.
Job 33:26 He prays to God and finds favor
with him, he sees God's face and
shouts for joy; he is restored by God to
his righteous state.
Job 42:8 So now take seven bulls and seven
rams and go to my servant Job and
sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves.
My servant Job will pray
for you, and I will accept his prayer and
not deal with you according
to your folly. You have not spoken of me
what is right, as my servant
Job has."
My servant Job will pray
for you
Job 42:8 So now take seven bulls and seven
rams and go to my servant Job and
sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves.
My servant Job will pray
for you, and I will accept his prayer and
not deal with you according
to your folly. You have not spoken of me
what is right, as my servant
Job has."
Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad
the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite
did what the LORD told them; and the LORD
accepted Job's prayer.
Job 42:10 After Job had prayed for his
friends, the LORD made him prosperous
again and gave him twice as much as he had
before.
Ps 4:1 Answer me when I call to you, O my
righteous God. Give me relief from
my distress; be merciful to me and hear my
prayer.
Ps 5:2 Listen to my cry for help, my King
and my God, for to you I pray.
the LORD accepts my prayer.
Ps 6:9 The LORD has heard my cry for
mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
Ps 17:1 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea;
listen to my cry. Give ear to my
prayer-- it does not rise from deceitful
lips.
Ps 17:6 I call on you, O God, for you will
answer me; give ear to me and hear
my prayer.
Ps 32:6 Therefore let everyone who is
godly pray to you while you may be
found; surely when the mighty waters rise,
they will not reach him.
Ps 35:13 Yet when they were ill, I put on
sackcloth and humbled myself with
fasting. When my prayers returned to me
unanswered,
Ps 39:12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD,
listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my
weeping. For I dwell with you as an alien,
a stranger, as all my
fathers were.
-- a
prayer to the God of my life.
Ps 42:8 By day the LORD directs his love,
at night his song is with me-- a
prayer to the God of my life.
Ps 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; listen to
the words of my mouth.
Ps 55:1 Listen to my prayer, O God, do not
ignore my plea;
Ps 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; listen to my
prayer.
Ps 65:2 O you who hear prayer, to you all
men will come.
Ps 66:19 but God has surely listened and
heard my voice in prayer.
Ps 66:20 Praise be to God, who has not
rejected my prayer or withheld his love
from me!
I pray to you, O LORD
Ps 69:13 But I pray to you, O LORD, in the
time of your favor; in your great
love, O God, answer me with your sure
salvation.
Ps 72:15 Long may he live! May gold from
Sheba be given him. May people ever
pray for him and bless him all day long.
Ps 72:20 This concludes the prayers of
David son of Jesse.
Ps 80:4 O LORD God Almighty, how long will
your anger smolder against the
prayers of your people?
; listen to me, O God of Jacob.
Ps 84:8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God
Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob.
Selah
Ps 86:6 Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to
my cry for mercy.
Ps 88:2 May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.
Ps 88:13 But I cry to you for help, O
LORD; in the morning my prayer comes
before you.
Ps 102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my
cry for help come to you.
Ps 102:17 He will respond to the prayer of
the destitute; he will not despise
their plea.
Ps 109:4 In return for my friendship they
accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Ps 109:7 When he is tried, let him be
found guilty, and may his prayers
condemn him.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Ps 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May those who love you be secure.
Ps 141:2 May my prayer be set before you
like incense; may the lifting up of
my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
Ps 141:5 Let a righteous man strike me--
it is a kindness; let him rebuke me--
it is oil on my head. My head will not
refuse it. Yet my prayer is
ever against the deeds of evildoers;
Ps 143:1 O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to
my cry for mercy; in your
faithfulness and righteousness come to my
relief.
the prayer of the
upright pleases him.
Prov 15:8 The LORD detests the sacrifice
of the wicked, but the prayer of the
upright pleases him.
Prov 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked
but he hears the prayer of the
righteous.
Prov 28:9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to
the law, even his prayers are
detestable.
Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands
in prayer, I will hide my eyes from
you; even if you offer many prayers, I
will not listen. Your hands
are full of blood;
Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands
in prayer, I will hide my eyes from
you; even if you offer many prayers, I
will not listen. Your hands
are full of blood;
Isaiah 16:12 When Moab appears at her high
place, she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is
to no avail.
Isaiah 26:16 LORD, they came to you in
their distress; when you disciplined
them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
Isaiah 37:4 It may be that the LORD your
God will hear the words of the field
commander, whom his master, the king of
Assyria, has sent to
ridicule the living God, and that he will
rebuke him for the words
the LORD your God has heard. Therefore
pray for the remnant that
still survives."
And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
Isaiah 37:15 And Hezekiah prayed to the
LORD:
Isaiah 37:21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent
a message to Hezekiah: "This is what
the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because
you have prayed to me
concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Isaiah 38:2 Hezekiah turned his face to
the wall and prayed to the LORD,
Isaiah 38:5 "Go and tell Hezekiah,
`This is what the LORD, the God of your
father David, says: I have heard your
prayer and seen your tears;
I will add fifteen years to your life.
Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god,
his idol; he bows down to it and
worships. He prays to it and says,
"Save me; you are my god."
Isaiah 45:20 "Gather together and
come; assemble, you fugitives from the
nations. Ignorant are those who carry
about idols of wood, who
pray to gods that cannot save.
them joy in my
house of prayer
Isaiah 56:7 these I will bring to my holy
mountain and give them joy in my
house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and
sacrifices will be
accepted on my altar; for my house will be
called a house of
prayer for all nations."
Isaiah 64:9 Do not be angry beyond
measure, O LORD; do not remember our sins
forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray, for we
are all your people.
Jer 7:16 "So do not pray for this
people nor offer any plea or petition for
them; do not plead with me, for I will not
listen to you.
Jer 11:14 "Do not pray for this
people nor offer any plea or petition for
them, because I will not listen when they
call to me in the time of
their distress.
Jer 14:11 Then the LORD said to me,
"Do not pray for the well-being of this
People
seek the peace and prosperity of.
Jer 29:7 Also, seek the peace and
prosperity of the city to which I have
carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD
for it, because if it
prospers, you too will prosper."
Jer 29:12 Then you will call upon me and
come and pray to me, and I will
listen to you.
Jer 31:9 They will come with weeping; they
will pray as I bring them back. I
will lead them beside streams of water on
a level path where they
will not stumble, because I am Israel's father,
and Ephraim is my
firstborn son.
Jer 32:16 "After I had given the deed
of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I
prayed to the LORD:
Jer 37:3 King Zedekiah, however, sent
Jehucal son of Shelemiah with the priest
Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the
prophet with this message:
"Please pray to the LORD our God for
us."
Jer 42:2 Jeremiah the prophet and said to
him, "Please hear our petition and
pray to the LORD your God for this entire
remnant. For as you now
see, though we were once many, now only a
few are left.
Jer 42:3 Pray that the LORD your God will
tell us where we should go and what
we should do."
Jer 42:4 "I have heard you,"
replied Jeremiah the prophet. "I will certainly
pray to the LORD your God as you have
requested; I will tell you
everything the LORD says and will keep
nothing back from you."
Jer 42:20 that you made a fatal mistake
when you sent me to the LORD your God
and said, `Pray to the LORD our God for
us; tell us everything he
says and we will do it.'
Lam 3:8 Even when I call out or cry for
help, he shuts out my prayer.
Lam 3:44 You have covered yourself with a
cloud so that no prayer can get
through.
enforce the
decree that anyone who prays
Daniel 6:7 The royal administrators,
prefects, satraps, advisers and governors
have all agreed that the king should issue
an edict and enforce the
decree that anyone who prays to any god or
man during the next
thirty days, except to you, O king, shall
be thrown into the lions'
den.
Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that
the decree had been published, he
went home to his upstairs room where the
windows opened toward
Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down
on his knees and prayed,
giving thanks to his God, just as he had
done before.
Daniel praying and asking
God for help.
Daniel 6:11 Then these men went as a group
and found Daniel praying and asking
God for help.
Daniel 6:12 So they went to the king and
spoke to him about his royal decree:
"Did you not publish a decree that
during the next thirty days
anyone who prays to any god or man except
to you, O king, would be
thrown into the lions' den?" The king
answered, "The decree
stands-- in accordance with the laws of
the Medes and Persians,
which cannot be repealed."
Daniel 6:13 Then they said to the king,
"Daniel, who is one of the exiles from
Judah, pays no attention to you, O king,
or to the decree you put
in writing. He still prays three times a
day."
Daniel 9:3 So I turned to the Lord God and
pleaded with him in prayer and
petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and
ashes.
Daniel 9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God and
confessed: "O Lord, the great and
awesome God, who keeps his covenant of
love with all who love him
and obey his commands,
Daniel 9:17 "Now, our God, hear the
prayers and petitions of your servant. For
your sake, O Lord, look with favor on your
desolate sanctuary.
speaking and praying
Daniel 9:20 While I was speaking and
praying, confessing my sin and the sin of
my people Israel and making my request to
the LORD my God for his
holy hill--
Daniel 9:21 while I was still in prayer,
Gabriel, the man I had seen in the
earlier vision, came to me in swift flight
about the time of the
evening sacrifice.
Daniel 9:23 As soon as you began to pray,
an answer was given, which I have
come to tell you, for you are highly
esteemed. Therefore, consider
the message and understand the vision:
Jonah 2:1 From inside the fish Jonah
prayed to the LORD his God.
Jonah 2:7 "When my life was ebbing
away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer
rose to you, to your holy temple.
Jonah
prayed to the LORD
Jonah 4:2 He prayed to the LORD, "O
LORD, is this not what I said when I was
still at home? That is why I was so quick
to flee to Tarshish. I
knew that you are a gracious and
compassionate God, slow to anger
and abounding in love, a God who relents
from sending calamity.
Hab 3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.
On shigionoth.
Matt 5:44 But I tell you: Love your
enemies and pray for those who persecute
you,
Matt 6:5 "And when you pray, do not
be like the hypocrites, for they love to
pray standing in the synagogues and on the
street corners to be seen
by men. I tell you the truth, they have
received their reward in
full.
Matt 6:6 But when you pray, go into your
room, close the door and pray to your
Father, who is unseen. Then your Father,
who sees what is done in
secret, will reward you.
when you pray
Matt 6:7 And when you pray, do not keep on
babbling like pagans, for they
think they will be heard because of their
many words.
Matt 6:9 "This, then, is how you
should pray: "`Our Father in heaven, hallowed
be your name,
Matt 14:23 After he had dismissed them, he
went up on a mountainside by
himself to pray. When evening came, he was
there alone,
Matt 19:13 Then little children were
brought to Jesus for him to place his
hands on them and pray for them. But the
disciples rebuked those
who brought them.
Matt 21:13 "It is written," he
said to them, "`My house will be called a house
of prayer,' but you are making it a `den
of robbers.'"
Matt 21:22 If you believe, you will
receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
Matt 24:20 Pray that your flight will not
take place in winter or on the
Sabbath.
Matt 26:36 Then Jesus went with his
disciples to a place called Gethsemane,
and he said to them, "Sit here while
I go over there and pray."
Matt 26:39 Going a little farther, he fell
with his face to the ground and
prayed, "My Father, if it is
possible, may this cup be taken from
me. Yet not as I will, but as you
will."
Matt 26:41 "Watch and pray so that
you will not fall into temptation. The
spirit is willing, but the body is
weak."
Matt 26:42 He went away a second time and
prayed, "My Father, if it is not
possible for this cup to be taken away
unless I drink it, may your
will be done."
Matt 26:44 So he left them and went away
once more and prayed the third time,
saying the same thing.
Mark 1:35 Very early in the morning, while
it was still dark, Jesus got up,
left the house and went off to a solitary
place, where he prayed.
Mark 6:46 After leaving them, he went up
on a mountainside to pray.
Mark 9:29 He replied, "This kind can
come out only by prayer."
Mark 11:17 And as he taught them, he said,
"Is it not written: "`My house will
be called a house of prayer for all
nations'? But you have made it
`a den of robbers.'"
Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever
you ask for in prayer, believe that
you have received it, and it will be
yours.
Mark 11:25 And when you stand praying, if
you hold anything against anyone,
forgive him, so that your Father in heaven
may forgive you your
sins."
Mark 12:40 They devour widows' houses and
for a show make lengthy prayers.
Such men will be punished most
severely."
Mark 13:18 Pray that this will not take
place in winter,
Mark 14:32 They went to a place called
Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his
disciples, "Sit here while I
pray."
Mark 14:35 Going a little farther, he fell
to the ground and prayed that if
possible the hour might pass from him.
Mark 14:38 Watch and pray so that you will
not fall into temptation. The
spirit is willing, but the body is
weak."
Mark 14:39 Once more he went away and
prayed the same thing.
Luke 1:10 And when the time for the
burning of incense came, all the assembled
worshipers were praying outside.
Zechariah; your prayer
has been heard.
Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him:
"Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer
has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will
bear you a son, and you are
to give him the name John.
Luke 2:37 and then was a widow until she
was eighty-four. She never left the
temple but worshiped night and day,
fasting and praying.
Luke 3:21 When all the people were being
baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And
as he was praying, heaven was opened
Luke 5:16 But Jesus often withdrew to
lonely places and prayed.
Luke 5:33 They said to him, "John's
disciples often fast and pray, and so do
the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours
go on eating and
drinking."
Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray
Luke 6:12 One of those days Jesus went out
to a mountainside to pray, and
spent the night praying to God.
Luke 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray
for those who mistreat you.
Luke 9:18 Once when Jesus was praying in
private and his disciples were with
him, he asked them, "Who do the
crowds say I am?"
Luke 9:28 About eight days after Jesus
said this, he took Peter, John and
James with him and went up onto a mountain
to pray.
Luke 9:29 As he was praying, the
appearance of his face changed, and his
clothes became as bright as a flash of
lightning.
Jesus was praying
Luke 11:1 One day Jesus was praying in a
certain place. When he finished, one
of his disciples said to him, "Lord,
teach us to pray, just as John
taught his disciples."
Luke 11:2 He said to them, "When you
pray, say: "`Father, hallowed be your
name, your kingdom come.
Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a
parable to show them that they
should always pray and not give up.
Luke 18:10 "Two men went up to the
temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the
other a tax collector.
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood up and
prayed about himself: `God, I thank you
that I am not like other men-- robbers,
evildoers, adulterers-- or
even like this tax collector.
Luke 19:46 "It is written," he
said to them, "`My house will be a house of
prayer'; but you have made it `a den of
robbers.'"
Luke 20:47 They devour widows' houses and
for a show make lengthy prayers.
Such men will be punished most
severely."
pray that you may be able to escape all
that is about to happen
Luke 21:36 Be always on the watch, and
pray that you may be able to escape all
that is about to happen, and that you may
be able to stand before
the Son of Man."
Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for you,
Simon, that your faith may not fail. And
when you have turned back, strengthen your
brothers."
Luke 22:40 On reaching the place, he said
to them, "Pray that you will not
fall into temptation."
Luke 22:41 He withdrew about a stone's
throw beyond them, knelt down and
prayed,
Luke 22:44 And being in anguish, he prayed
more earnestly, and his sweat was
like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Luke 22:45 When he rose from prayer and
went back to the disciples, he found
them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
"Get up and pray so that you
will not fall into temptation."
Luke 22:46 "Why are you
sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you
will not fall into temptation."
John 17:1 After Jesus said this, he looked
toward heaven and prayed: "Father,
the time has come. Glorify your Son, that
your Son may glorify you.
John 17:9 I pray for them. I am not
praying for the world, but for those you
have given me, for they are yours.
John 17:15 My prayer is not that you take
them out of the world but that you
protect them from the evil one.
My prayer is not for them alone
John 17:20 "My prayer is not for them
alone. I pray also for those who will
believe in me through their message,
John 18:1 When he had finished praying,
Jesus left with his disciples and
crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other
side there was an olive
grove, and he and his disciples went into
it.
They all joined together
constantly in prayer
Acts 1:14 They all joined together
constantly in prayer, along with the women
and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his
brothers.
Acts 1:24 Then they prayed, "Lord,
you know everyone's heart. Show us which of
these two you have chosen
Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the
apostles' teaching and to the
fellowship, to the breaking of bread and
to prayer.
Acts 3:1 One day Peter and John were going
up to the temple at the time of
prayer-- at three in the afternoon.
Acts 4:24 When they heard this, they
raised their voices together in prayer to
God. "Sovereign Lord," they
said, "you made the heaven and the earth
and the sea, and everything in them.
Acts 4:31 After they prayed, the place
where they were meeting was shaken. And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and spoke the word of God
boldly.
Acts 6:4 and will give our attention to
prayer and the ministry of the word."
Acts 6:6 They presented these men to the
apostles, who prayed and laid their
hands on them.
Stephen prayed
Acts 7:59 While they were stoning him,
Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit."
Acts 8:15 When they arrived, they prayed
for them that they might receive the
Holy Spirit,
Acts 8:22 Repent of this wickedness and
pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will
forgive you for having such a thought in
your heart.
Pray to the Lord for me
Acts 8:24 Then Simon answered, "Pray
to the Lord for me so that nothing you
have said may happen to me."
Acts 9:11 The Lord told him, "Go to
the house of Judas on Straight Street and
ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for
he is praying.
Acts 9:40 Peter sent them all out of the
room; then he got down on his knees
and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman,
he said, "Tabitha, get
up." She opened her eyes, and seeing
Peter she sat up.
Acts 10:2 He and all his family were
devout and God-fearing; he gave
generously to those in need and prayed to
God regularly.
Acts 10:4 Cornelius stared at him in fear.
"What is it, Lord?" he asked. The
angel answered, "Your prayers and
gifts to the poor have come up as
a memorial offering before God.
Acts 10:9 About noon the following day as
they were on their journey and
approaching the city, Peter went up on the
roof to pray.
Cornelius answered:
Four days ago I was in my house praying
Acts 10:30 Cornelius answered: "Four
days ago I was in my house praying at
this hour, at three in the afternoon.
Suddenly a man in shining
clothes stood before me
Acts 10:31 and said, `Cornelius, God has
heard your prayer and remembered your
gifts to the poor.
Acts 11:5 "I was in the city of Joppa
praying, and in a trance I saw a vision.
I saw something like a large sheet being
let down from heaven by its
four corners, and it came down to where I
was.
the church was earnestly praying
Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but
the church was earnestly praying to
God for him.
Acts 12:12 When this had dawned on him, he
went to the house of Mary the
mother of John, also called Mark, where
many people had gathered
and were praying.
they had fasted and prayed
Acts 13:3 So after they had fasted and
prayed, they placed their hands on them
and sent them off.
Acts 14:23 Paul and Barnabas appointed
elders for them in each church and,
with prayer and fasting, committed them to
the Lord, in whom they
had put their trust.
Acts 16:13 On the Sabbath we went outside
the city gate to the river, where we
expected to find a place of prayer. We sat
down and began to speak
to the women who had gathered there.
Acts 16:16 Once when we were going to the
place of prayer, we were met by a
slave girl who had a spirit by which she
predicted the future. She
earned a great deal of money for her
owners by fortune-telling.
Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas
were praying and singing hymns to
God, and the other prisoners were
listening to them.
Acts 20:36 When he had said this, he knelt
down with all of them and prayed.
he knelt down with all of them and prayed
Acts 21:5 But when our time was up, we
left and continued on our way. All the
disciples and their wives and children
accompanied us out of the
city, and there on the beach we knelt to
pray.
Acts 22:17 "When I returned to
Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell
into a trance
Acts 26:29 Paul replied, "Short time
or long-- I pray God that not only you
but all who are listening to me today may
become what I am, except
for these chains."
Acts 27:29 Fearing that we would be dashed
against the rocks, they dropped
four anchors from the stern and prayed for
daylight.
Acts 28:8 His father was sick in bed,
suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul
went in to see him and, after prayer,
placed his hands on him and
healed him.
in my prayers at all times; and I pray
Romans 1:10 in my prayers at all times;
and I pray that now at last by God's
will the way may be opened for me to come
to you.
Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit
helps us in our weakness. We do not
know what we ought to pray for, but the
Spirit himself intercedes
for us with groans that words cannot
express.
Romans 10:1 Brothers, my heart's desire
and prayer to God for the Israelites
is that they may be saved.
Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in
affliction, faithful in prayer.
to join me in my struggle by praying
Romans 15:30 I urge you, brothers, by our
Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of
the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by
praying to God for me.
Romans 15:31 Pray that I may be rescued
from the unbelievers in Judea and that
my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable
to the saints there,
1 Cor 7:5 Do not deprive each other except
by mutual consent and for a time,
so that you may devote yourselves to
prayer. Then come together
again so that Satan will not tempt you
because of your lack of
self-control.
Every man who prays or prophesies with his
head
covered dishonors his head.
1 Cor 11:4 Every man who prays or
prophesies with his head covered dishonors
his head.
1 Cor 11:5 And every woman who prays or
prophesies with her head uncovered
dishonors her head-- it is just as though
her head were shaved.
1 Cor 11:13 Judge for yourselves: Is it
proper for a woman to pray to God with
her head uncovered?
1 Cor 14:13 For this reason anyone who
speaks in a tongue should pray that he
may interpret what he says.
1 Cor 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my
spirit prays, but my mind is
unfruitful.
I
will pray with my spirit,
but I will also
pray with my mind
1 Cor 14:15 So what shall I do? I will
pray with my spirit, but I will also
pray with my mind; I will sing with my
spirit, but I will also
sing with my mind.
2 Cor 1:11 as you help us by your prayers.
Then many will give thanks on our
behalf for the gracious favor granted us
in answer to the prayers
of many.
2 Cor 9:14 And in their prayers for you
their hearts will go out to you,
because of the surpassing grace God has given
you.
2 Cor 13:7 Now we pray to God that you
will not do anything wrong. Not that
people will see that we have stood the
test but that you will do
what is right even though we may seem to
have failed.
2 Cor 13:9 We are glad whenever we are weak
but you are strong; and our prayer
is for your perfection.
I have not stopped giving thanks for you,
remembering you in my
prayers
Eph 1:16 I have not stopped giving thanks
for you, remembering you in my
prayers.
Eph 1:18 I pray also that the eyes of your
heart may be enlightened in order
that you may know the hope to which he has
called you, the riches of
his glorious inheritance in the saints,
Eph 3:16 I pray that out of his glorious
riches he may strengthen you with
power through his Spirit in your inner
being,
Eph 3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your
hearts through faith. And I pray
that you, being rooted and established in
love,
Eph 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all
occasions with all kinds of prayers and
requests. With this in mind, be alert and
always keep on praying for
all the saints.
Eph 6:19 Pray also for me, that whenever I
open my mouth, words may be given
me so that I will fearlessly make known
the mystery of the gospel,
Pray that I may declare it
fearlessly, as I should.
Eph 6:20 for which I am an ambassador in
chains. Pray that I may declare it
fearlessly, as I should.
Phil 1:4 In all my prayers for all of you,
I always pray with joy
Phil 1:9 And this is my prayer: that your
love may abound more and more in
knowledge and depth of insight,
Phil 1:19 for I know that through your
prayers and the help given by the
Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened
to me will turn out for my
deliverance.
Phil 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, present your
requests to God.
Col 1:3 We always thank God, the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray
for you,
Col 1:9 For this reason, since the day we
heard about you, we have not stopped
praying for you and asking God to fill you
with the knowledge of his
will through all spiritual wisdom and
understanding.
Col 1:10 And we pray this in order that
you may live a life worthy of the Lord
and may please him in every way: bearing
fruit in every good work,
growing in the knowledge of God,
Devote yourselves to prayer
being watchful and thankful
Col 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being
watchful and thankful.
Col 4:3 And pray for us, too, that God may
open a door for our message, so
that we may proclaim the mystery of
Christ, for which I am in chains.
Col 4:4 Pray that I may proclaim it
clearly, as I should.
Col 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a
servant of Christ Jesus, sends
greetings. He is always wrestling in
prayer for you, that you may
stand firm in all the will of God, mature
and fully assured.
1 Thes 1:2 We always thank God for all of
you, mentioning you in our prayers.
1 Thes 3:10 Night and day we pray most
earnestly that we may see you again and
supply what is lacking in your faith.
pray continually
1 Thes 5:17 pray continually;
1 Thes 5:25 Brothers, pray for us.
2 Thes 1:11 With this in mind, we
constantly pray for you, that our God may
count you worthy of his calling, and that
by his power he may
fulfill every good purpose of yours and
every act prompted by your
faith.
2 Thes 1:12 We pray this so that the name
of our Lord Jesus may be glorified
in you, and you in him, according to the
grace of our God and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thes 3:1 Finally, brothers, pray for us
that the message of the Lord may
spread rapidly and be honored, just as it
was with you.
2 Thes 3:2 And pray that we may be
delivered from wicked and evil men, for not
everyone has faith.
1 Tim 2:1 I urge, then, first of all, that
requests, prayers, intercession and
thanksgiving be made for everyone--
I want men everywhere
to lift up holy hands in prayer
1 Tim 2:8 I want men everywhere to lift up
holy hands in prayer, without anger
or disputing.
1 Tim 4:5 because it is consecrated by the
word of God and prayer.
1 Tim 5:5 The widow who is really in need
and left all alone puts her hope in
God and continues night and day to pray
and to ask God for help.
2 Tim 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my
forefathers did, with a clear
conscience, as night and day I constantly
remember you in my
prayers.
I remember you in my prayers,
Philem 1:4 I always thank my God as I
remember you in my prayers,
Philem 1:6 I pray that you may be active
in sharing your faith, so that you
will have a full understanding of every
good thing we have in
Christ.
Philem 1:22 And one thing more: Prepare a
guest room for me, because I hope to
be restored to you in answer to your
prayers.
Heb 5:7 During the days of Jesus' life on
earth, he offered up prayers and
petitions with loud cries and tears to the
one who could save him from
death, and he was heard because of his
reverent submission.
Heb 13:18 Pray for us. We are sure that we
have a clear conscience and desire
to live honorably in every way.
Heb 13:19 I particularly urge you to pray
so that I may be restored to you
soon.
James 5:13 Is any one of you in trouble?
He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let
him sing songs of praise.
Let
him sing songs of praise.
James 5:14 Is any one of you sick? He
should call the elders of the church to
pray over him and anoint him with oil in
the name of the Lord.
James 5:15 And the prayer offered in faith
will make the sick person well; the
Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned,
he will be forgiven.
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to
each other and pray for each other
so that you may be healed. The prayer of a
righteous man is
powerful and effective.
Elijah was a man just like us.
He prayed earnestly
James 5:17 Elijah was a man just like us.
He prayed earnestly that it would
not rain, and it did not rain on the land
for three and a half
years.
James 5:18 Again he prayed, and the
heavens gave rain, and the earth produced
its crops.
1 Pet 3:7 Husbands, in the same way be
considerate as you live with your
wives, and treat them with respect as the
weaker partner and as
heirs with you of the gracious gift of
life, so that nothing will
hinder your prayers.
1 Pet 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on
the righteous and his ears are
attentive to their prayer, but the face of
the Lord is against
those who do evil."
Therefore be clear minded and
self-controlled so that you can pray.
1 Pet 4:7 The end of all things is near.
Therefore be clear minded and
self-controlled so that you can pray.
1 John 5:16 If anyone sees his brother
commit a sin that does not lead to
death, he should pray and God will give
him life. I refer to those
whose sin does not lead to death. There is
a sin that leads to
death. I am not saying that he should pray
about that.
3 John 1:2 Dear friend, I pray that you
may enjoy good health and that all may
go well with you, even as your soul is
getting along well.
pray in the Holy Spirit
Jude 1:20 But you, dear friends, build
yourselves up in your most holy faith
and pray in the Holy Spirit.
Rev 5:8 And when he had taken it, the four
living creatures and the
twenty-four elders fell down before the
Lamb. Each one had a harp and
they were holding golden bowls full of
incense, which are the prayers
of the saints.
Rev 8:3 Another angel, who had a golden
censer, came and stood at the altar.
He was given much incense to offer, with
the prayers of all the
saints, on the golden altar before the
throne.
Rev 8:4 The smoke of the incense, together
with the prayers of the saints,
went up before God from the angel's hand.