Prayer
487 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
203 sections
- “The Lord's Prayer”
- Acceptable Through Christ
- Accompanied With: Confession
- Accompanied With: Fasting
- Accompanied With: Praise
- Accompanied With: Repentance
- Accompanied With: Self-Abasement
- Accompanied With: Thanksgiving
- Accompanied With: Watchfulness
- Accompanied With: Weeping
- After the Supper
- All Night
- An Evidence of Conversion
- Anna
- Answer To, Delayed
- Answer To, Promise
- Answered
- Answered for Abimelech
- Answered for God's Favor Under the Reproofs of Azariah
- Answered for Ishmael
- Answered for Sodom
- Answered: Abijah, for Victory Over Jeroboam
- Answered: Abraham, for a Son
- Answered: Abraham's Servant, for Guidance
- Answered: Ammon
- Answered: Asa, for Victory Over Zerah
- Answered: Cain
- Answered: Centurion, for his Servant
- Answered: Daniel, for the Interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars Dream
- Answered: Daniel, in a Vision
- Answered: Daniel, Interceding for the People
- Answered: David, Asking About Ziklag
- Answered: David, Asking Whether he should Go Into Judah After Saul's Death
- Answered: David, Asking Whether he should Go to War Against the Philistines
- Answered: David, Asking Whether Keilah Would be Delivered Into his Hands
- Answered: David, in Adversity
- Answered: Elijah, Asking for Rain
- Answered: Elijah, Calling for Fire to Come Down Upon his Sacrifice
- Answered: Elijah, Raising the Widow's Son
- Answered: Elisha, Leading the Syrian Army
- Answered: Ezekiel, to Have the Baking of his Bread of Affliction Changed
- Answered: from Babylonian Bondage
- Answered: from Bondage
- Answered: from Pharaoh's Army
- Answered: from the King of Mesopotamia
- Answered: Gideon, Asking for the Token of Dew
- Answered: Hagar, for Deliverance
- Answered: Hannah, Asking to Give Birth to a Child
- Answered: Hezekiah and Isaiah, for Deliverance from Sennacherib
- Answered: Jabez, Asking for Prosperity
- Answered: Jacob, for Deliverance from Esau
- Answered: Jehoahaz, for Victory Over Hazael
- Answered: Jehoshaphat, for Victory Over the Canaanites
- Answered: Manasseh, for Deliverance from the King of Babylon
- Answered: Manoah, Asking About Samson
- Answered: Moses, Aaron, and Samuel
- Answered: Moses, at Mount Horeb
- Answered: Moses, at the Waters of Marah
- Answered: Moses, Concerning the Complaint of the Israelites for Meat
- Answered: Moses, for Help at the Red Sea
- Answered: Moses, in the Battle with the Amalekites
- Answered: Moses, on Behalf of Miriam's Leprosy
- Answered: Paul, to be Restored to Health
- Answered: Peter, Asking That Tabitha (Dorcas) be Restored to Life
- Answered: Priests and Levites, when Blessing the People
- Answered: Rebecca, Concerning Her Pains in Pregnancy
- Answered: Samson, Asking for Strength
- Answered: Sisera
- Answered: Solomon, Asking for Wisdom
- Answered: The Disciples, for Peter
- Answered: The Jews, Returning from the Captivity
- Answered: The Leper, for Healing
- Answered: The People of Judah
- Answered: The Reubenites, for Deliverance from the Hagarites
- Answered: To Save Hezekiah's Life
- Answered: Zacharias, for a Son
- Ascends to Heaven
- Avoid Hindrances In
- Before Daylight
- Commanded
- Confession In
- Continue Instant In
- Cornelius
- Daily, in the Morning
- Daniel
- David
- Eliezer
- Enjoined
- Evils Averted By
- Exemplified by Abraham in his Inquiry Concerning Sodom
- Experience of Past Mercies an Incentive To
- Ezra
- Faint not In
- Gideon
- Gideon Asks for a Sign of Dew on a Fleece
- God Answers
- God Hears
- Habakkuk
- Hannah
- Held in Private Houses
- Held in the Temple
- Hezekiah
- However, See
- Importunity In
- Importunity in Elijah
- Importunity in Jacob
- Importunity in Moses
- Importunity in The Non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician Woman
- Importunity in The Roman Centurion
- Importunity in The Two Blind Men of Jericho
- Imprecatory
- Isaiah
- Jacob
- Jeremiah
- Jesus
- Job
- Jonah
- Lot
- Manasseh
- Martha and Mary Asked Jesus to Come and Heal Their Brother Lazarus
- Model For
- Moses Asked to be Permitted to Cross the Jordan River
- Nehemiah
- On a Mountain
- Ostentation In, Forbidden
- Paul
- Paul Asked That the “Thorn in the Flesh” be Removed
- Peter
- Plead in The: Covenant of God
- Plead in The: Faithfulness of God
- Plead in The: Mercy of God
- Plead in The: Promises of God
- Plead in The: Righteousness of God
- Pleas offered In
- Postures in Bowing Down
- Postures in Falling on the Face
- Postures in Kneeling
- Postures in Lifting up the Hands
- Postures in Spreading Forth the Hands
- Postures in Standing
- Prayer Test Proposed by Elijah
- Private, Enjoined
- Profuse, to be Avoided
- Quickening Grace Necessary To
- Rise Early For
- Secret
- Seek Divine Teaching For
- Shortness of Time a Motive To
- should be offered up in a Forgiving Spirit
- should be offered up in Everything
- should be offered up in Faith
- should be offered up in Full Assurance of Faith
- should be offered up in the Holy Spirit
- should be offered Up with a True Heart
- should be offered Up with Boldness
- should be offered Up with Confidence in God
- should be offered Up with Deliberation
- should be offered Up with Desire to be Answered
- should be offered Up with Desire to be Heard
- should be offered Up with Earnestness
- should be offered Up with Holiness
- should be offered Up with Humility
- should be offered Up with Importunity
- should be offered Up with Preparation of Heart
- should be offered Up with Submission to God
- should be offered Up with the Heart
- should be offered Up with the Soul
- should be offered Up with the Spirit and Understanding
- should be offered Up with the Whole Heart
- should be offered Up with Truth
- should be offered Up with Unfeigned Lips
- should be offered up without Ceasing
- should be offered Up: Everywhere
- should be offered Up: Night and Day
- Silent
- Social
- Solomon Asked for Wisdom; the Answer Included Wisdom, Riches, Honor, and Long Life
- Submission In, Exemplified by Jesus
- Suitable in Affliction
- Thanksgiving And, Before Receiving Food
- The Disciples Prayed for Peter; the Answer Included Peter's Deliverance
- The Holy Spirit: As the Spirit of Adoptions, Leads To
- The Holy Spirit: Helps Our Infirmities In
- The Holy Spirit: Promised As a Spirit of
- The Israelites Lusted for the Fleshpots of Egypt
- The Lord's Prayer
- The Prayer of Jesus, “Let This Cup Pass Away”
- The Promises of Christ Encourage To
- The Promises of God Encourage To
- Thrice Daily
- To be offered: Through Christ
- To be offered: To Christ
- To be offered: To God
- To be offered: To the Holy Spirit
- To Idols
- Twice Daily
- Unbelief In
- Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Vain Repetitions In, Forbidden
- Vain Repetitions of, to be Avoided
- Weeping In
- when Moses Prayed to See Canaan, the Promised Land
- More passages
“The Lord's Prayer”
- Matthew 6:9–13 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. …
- Luke 11:2–4 So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. …
Acceptable Through Christ
- John 14:13–14 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. …
- John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will remain — so that whatever you …
- John 16:23–24 In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. …
Accompanied With: Confession
- Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
- Nehemiah 1:7 We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
- Daniel 9:4–11 And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to …
Accompanied With: Fasting
- Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
- Daniel 9:3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Acts 13:3 And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
Accompanied With: Praise
- Psalm 66:17 I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
Accompanied With: Repentance
- 1 Kings 8:33 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess …
- Jeremiah 36:7 Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and …
Accompanied With: Self-Abasement
- Genesis 18:27 Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord— though I am but dust and ashes—
Accompanied With: Thanksgiving
- Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
Accompanied With: Watchfulness
- Luke 21:36 So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the …
- 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
Accompanied With: Weeping
- Jeremiah 31:9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a …
- Hosea 12:4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
After the Supper
- John 17:1 When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that …
All Night
- Luke 6:12 In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
An Evidence of Conversion
- Acts 9:11 “Get up!” 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.
Anna
- Luke 2:37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Answer To, Delayed
- Psalm 22:1–2 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? …
- Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalm 80:4 O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
- Psalm 88:14 Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
- Jeremiah 42:7 After ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,
- Habakkuk 1:2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
- Luke 18:7 Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
Answer To, Promise
- Exodus 6:5 Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
- Exodus 22:23 If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
- Exodus 22:27 because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, …
- Exodus 33:17–20 So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.” …
- Deuteronomy 4:7 For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
- Deuteronomy 4:29–31 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. …
- 1 Kings 8:22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
- 1 Kings 8:53 For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant …
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD …
- 2 Chronicles 7:13–15 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, …
- Job 8:5–6 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy, …
- Job 12:4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
- 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; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
- Psalm 9:10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
- Psalm 9:12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalm 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Psalm 18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
- Psalm 32:6 Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
- Psalm 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Psalm 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
- Psalm 37:4–5 Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. …
- Psalm 38:15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
- Psalm 50:14–15 Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High. …
- Psalm 55:16–17 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. …
- Psalm 56:9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
- Psalm 65:2 O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
- Psalm 65:5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- Psalm 69:33 For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
- Psalm 81:10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
- Psalm 86:5–7 For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You. …
- Psalm 91:15 When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Psalm 102:17–20 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer. …
- Psalm 145:18–19 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. …
- Proverbs 2:3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
- Proverbs 2:5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
- Proverbs 3:6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Proverbs 10:24 What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Proverbs 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
- Isaiah 19:20 It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their …
- Isaiah 30:19 O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, …
- Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Isaiah 58:9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your …
- Isaiah 65:24 Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Jeremiah 29:12–13 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. …
- Jeremiah 31:9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a …
- Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Ezekiel 36:37 This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply …
- Joel 2:18–19 Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people. …
- Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as …
- Amos 5:4–6 For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! …
- Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be …
- Zechariah 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
- Zechariah 10:6 I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and …
- Zechariah 13:9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and …
- Matthew 6:5–13 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 …
- Matthew 7:7–11 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. …
- Matthew 18:19–20 Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. …
- Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Mark 11:24–25 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. …
- Luke 11:5–13 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, …
- Luke 18:1–8 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: …
- Luke 21:36 So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the …
- John 4:10 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given …
- John 4:23–24 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is …
- John 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
- John 14:13–14 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. …
- John 15:7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will remain — so that whatever you …
- John 16:23–24 In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. …
- John 16:26–27 In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. …
- Acts 7:34 I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now …
- Acts 22:16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
- Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes …
- Romans 10:12–13 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, …
- Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
- Hebrews 10:22–23 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty …
- Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards …
- James 1:5–7 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. …
- James 4:8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- 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 has …
- 1 John 3:22 and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
- 1 John 5:14–15 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. …
Answered
- Job 34:28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
- Psalm 3:4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
- Psalm 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
- Psalm 6:8–9 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping. …
- Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help …
- Psalm 21:2 You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
- Psalm 21:4 He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
- Psalm 22:4–5 In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them. …
- Psalm 22:24 For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
- Psalm 28:6 Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.
- Psalm 30:2–3 O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. …
- Psalm 31:22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
- Psalm 34:4–6 I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. …
- Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalm 66:19–20 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer. …
- Psalm 77:1–2 I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me. …
- Psalm 81:7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
- Psalm 99:6–8 Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered. …
- Psalm 106:44 Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- Psalm 107:6–7 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. …
- Psalm 107:13–20 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. …
- Psalm 116:1–2 I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice — my appeal for mercy. …
- Psalm 118:5 In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
- Psalm 118:21 I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
- Psalm 119:26 I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 120:1 In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
- Psalm 138:3 On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
- Lamentations 3:57–58 You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.” …
- Hosea 12:4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
- Jonah 2:1–2 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God, …
- Jonah 2:7 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
- Luke 23:42–43 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” …
- Acts 4:31 After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- 2 Corinthians 12:8–9 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. …
- James 5:17–18 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. …
Answered for Abimelech
- Genesis 20:17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children —
Answered for God's Favor Under the Reproofs of Azariah
- 2 Chronicles 15:1–15 Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded. …
Answered for Ishmael
- Genesis 17:20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become …
Answered for Sodom
- Genesis 18:23–33 Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? …
Answered: Abijah, for Victory Over Jeroboam
- 2 Chronicles 13:14–18 When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests …
Answered: Abraham, for a Son
- Genesis 15:1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Answered: Abraham's Servant, for Guidance
- Genesis 24:12–52 “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. …
Answered: Ammon
- Judges 10:6–18 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and …
- Judges 11:1–33 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father. …
Answered: Asa, for Victory Over Zerah
- 2 Chronicles 14:11–15 Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O …
Answered: Cain
- Genesis 4:13–15 But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. …
Answered: Centurion, for his Servant
- Matthew 8:5–13 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, …
- Luke 7:3–10 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant. …
- John 4:50–51 “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed. …
Answered: Daniel, for the Interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars Dream
- Daniel 2:19–23 During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven …
Answered: Daniel, in a Vision
- Daniel 10:12 “Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your …
Answered: Daniel, Interceding for the People
- Daniel 9:20–23 While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God …
Answered: David, Asking About Ziklag
- 1 Samuel 30:8 and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you …
Answered: David, Asking Whether he should Go Into Judah After Saul's Death
- 2 Samuel 2:1 Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then …
Answered: David, Asking Whether he should Go to War Against the Philistines
- 2 Samuel 5:19–25 So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the …
Answered: David, Asking Whether Keilah Would be Delivered Into his Hands
- 1 Samuel 23:10–12 And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account. …
Answered: David, in Adversity
- Psalm 118:5 In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
- Psalm 138:3 On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
Answered: Elijah, Asking for Rain
- 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, …
- 1 Kings 18:1 After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I …
- 1 Kings 18:42–45 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees. …
- 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.
Answered: Elijah, Calling for Fire to Come Down Upon his Sacrifice
- 1 Kings 18:36–38 At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and …
Answered: Elijah, Raising the Widow's Son
- 1 Kings 17:22 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
Answered: Elisha, Leading the Syrian Army
- 2 Kings 6:17–20 Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw …
Answered: Ezekiel, to Have the Baking of his Bread of Affliction Changed
- Ezekiel 4:12–15 And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.” …
Answered: from Babylonian Bondage
- Nehemiah 9:27 So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From …
Answered: from Bondage
- Exodus 2:23–25 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for …
- Exodus 3:7–10 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their …
- Acts 7:34 I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now …
Answered: from Pharaoh's Army
- Exodus 14:10–30 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out …
Answered: from the King of Mesopotamia
- Judges 3:9 But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
- Judges 3:15 And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they …
Answered: Gideon, Asking for the Token of Dew
- Judges 6:36–40 Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said, …
Answered: Hagar, for Deliverance
- Genesis 16:7–13 Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert — the spring along the road to Shur. …
Answered: Hannah, Asking to Give Birth to a Child
- 1 Samuel 1:10–17 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears. …
- 1 Samuel 1:19–20 The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had …
Answered: Hezekiah and Isaiah, for Deliverance from Sennacherib
- 2 Kings 19:14–20 So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. …
- 2 Chronicles 32:20–23 In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer, …
Answered: Jabez, Asking for Prosperity
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and …
Answered: Jacob, for Deliverance from Esau
- Genesis 32:9–32 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to …
- Genesis 33:1–17 Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the …
Answered: Jehoahaz, for Victory Over Hazael
- 2 Kings 13:4 Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had …
Answered: Jehoshaphat, for Victory Over the Canaanites
- 2 Chronicles 18:31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but …
- 2 Chronicles 20:6–27 and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the …
Answered: Manasseh, for Deliverance from the King of Babylon
- 2 Chronicles 33:13 And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his …
- 2 Chronicles 33:19 His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and …
Answered: Manoah, Asking About Samson
- Judges 13:8–9 Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy …
Answered: Moses, Aaron, and Samuel
- Psalm 99:6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
Answered: Moses, at Mount Horeb
- Exodus 17:4–6 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!” …
Answered: Moses, at the Waters of Marah
- Exodus 15:25 And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There …
Answered: Moses, Concerning the Complaint of the Israelites for Meat
- Numbers 11:11–35 So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You …
Answered: Moses, for Help at the Red Sea
- Exodus 14:15–16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. …
Answered: Moses, in the Battle with the Amalekites
- Exodus 17:8–14 After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. …
Answered: Moses, on Behalf of Miriam's Leprosy
- Numbers 12:13–15 So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!” …
Answered: Paul, to be Restored to Health
- 2 Corinthians 1:9–11 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. …
Answered: Peter, Asking That Tabitha (Dorcas) be Restored to Life
- Acts 9:40 Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She …
Answered: Priests and Levites, when Blessing the People
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy …
Answered: Rebecca, Concerning Her Pains in Pregnancy
- Genesis 25:22–23 But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD, …
Answered: Samson, Asking for Strength
- Judges 16:28–30 Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one …
Answered: Sisera
- Judges 4:3 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the …
- Judges 4:23–24 On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites. …
- 1 Samuel 12:9–11 But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the …
Answered: Solomon, Asking for Wisdom
- 1 Kings 3:1–13 Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David …
- 1 Kings 9:2–3 the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. …
Answered: The Disciples, for Peter
- Acts 12:5–17 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him. …
Answered: The Jews, Returning from the Captivity
Answered: The Leper, for Healing
- Matthew 8:2–3 Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” …
- Mark 1:40–43 Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” …
- Luke 5:12–13 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and …
Answered: The People of Judah
- 2 Chronicles 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found …
Answered: The Reubenites, for Deliverance from the Hagarites
- 1 Chronicles 5:20 And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were …
Answered: To Save Hezekiah's Life
- 2 Kings 20:1–7 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: …
- 2 Kings 20:11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
- 2 Chronicles 32:24 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
Answered: Zacharias, for a Son
- Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a …
Ascends to Heaven
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy …
- Revelation 5:8 When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a …
Avoid Hindrances In
- 1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the …
Before Daylight
- Mark 1:35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
Commanded
- Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Confession In
- Leviticus 5:5 If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,
- Leviticus 26:40 But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which …
- Numbers 5:5–7 And the LORD said to Moses, …
- Judges 10:10 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
- Judges 10:15 “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
- 1 Samuel 12:10 Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now …
- 1 Kings 8:47 and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their …
- Ezra 9:6 and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our …
- Ezra 9:15 O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though …
- Nehemiah 1:6–7 let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your …
- Nehemiah 9:2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the …
- Nehemiah 9:33–35 You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly. …
- Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
- Job 40:4–5 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. …
- Psalm 31:10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
- Psalm 32:3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You …
- Psalm 38:4–8 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. …
- Psalm 38:10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
- Psalm 38:18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
- Psalm 40:12 For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, …
- Psalm 51:3–4 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. …
- Psalm 69:5 You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
- Psalm 106:6–7 We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. …
- Psalm 119:176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
- Psalm 130:3 If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
- Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Isaiah 6:5 Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes …
- Isaiah 59:12–13 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we …
- Jeremiah 3:13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods …
- Jeremiah 3:25 Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from …
- Jeremiah 14:7 Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have …
- Jeremiah 14:20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
- Lamentations 1:18 The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and …
- Lamentations 3:42 “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”
- Lamentations 5:16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- Daniel 9:5–15 we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. …
Continue Instant In
- Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
Cornelius
- Acts 10:30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
Daily, in the Morning
- Psalm 5:3 In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
- Psalm 88:13 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
- Psalm 143:8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I …
- Isaiah 33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
Daniel
- Daniel 9:3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Daniel 9:19 O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people …
David
- 2 Samuel 12:22–23 David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’ …
Eliezer
- Genesis 24:12 “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Enjoined
- Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Evils Averted By
- Jeremiah 26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did …
Exemplified by Abraham in his Inquiry Concerning Sodom
- Genesis 18:23–32 Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? …
Experience of Past Mercies an Incentive To
- Psalm 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
- Psalm 112:2 His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Ezra
- Ezra 9:5–6 At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands …
Faint not In
- Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
Gideon
- Judges 6:22 When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
- Judges 6:36 Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
- Judges 6:39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. …
Gideon Asks for a Sign of Dew on a Fleece
- Judges 6:36–40 Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said, …
God Answers
- Psalm 99:6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
- Isaiah 58:9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your …
God Hears
- Psalm 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Psalm 65:2 O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 1:2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
Hannah
- 1 Samuel 1:10 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
Held in Private Houses
- Acts 1:13–14 When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, …
- Acts 12:12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered …
Held in the Temple
Hezekiah
- 2 Kings 20:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
However, See
- John 17:1–26 When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that …
Importunity In
- Genesis 18:23–32 Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? …
- Genesis 32:24–29 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. …
- Exodus 32:32 Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
- Deuteronomy 9:25 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
- Judges 6:36–40 Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said, …
- Judges 16:28 Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one …
- 1 Samuel 1:10–11 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears. …
- 1 Samuel 12:23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the …
- 1 Kings 8:22–30 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, …
- Ezra 9:5–6 At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands …
- Nehemiah 1:4–6 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. …
- Psalm 17:1 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
- Psalm 17:6 I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
- Psalm 22:1–2 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? …
- Psalm 22:19 But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
- Psalm 28:1–2 To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit. …
- Psalm 35:22–23 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me. …
- Psalm 55:1–2 Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. …
- Psalm 55:16–17 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. …
- Psalm 57:2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
- Psalm 61:1–2 Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. …
- Psalm 70:5 But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
- Psalm 86:3 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.
- Psalm 86:6 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
- Psalm 88:1–2 O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. …
- Psalm 88:9 My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
- Psalm 88:13 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
- Psalm 102:1–2 Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You. …
- Psalm 119:58 I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
- Psalm 119:145–147 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes. …
- Psalm 130:1–2 Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! …
- Psalm 141:1–2 I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. …
- Psalm 142:1–2 I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy. …
- Isaiah 38:2–3 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, …
- Isaiah 62:7 nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
- Isaiah 64:12 After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
- Daniel 9:3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Daniel 9:16–19 O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your …
- Jonah 1:14 So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with …
- Habakkuk 1:2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
- Matthew 15:22–28 And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably …
- Mark 7:25–29 Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. …
- Luke 7:3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.
- Luke 11:5–8 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, …
- Luke 18:1–7 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: …
- Luke 22:44 And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes …
- 2 Corinthians 12:8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
- Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your …
- Hebrews 5:7 During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save …
Importunity in Elijah
- 1 Kings 18:22–44 Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. …
Importunity in Jacob
- Genesis 32:24–30 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. …
Importunity in Moses
- Exodus 33:12–16 Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will …
- Exodus 34:9 “O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked …
Importunity in The Non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician Woman
- Matthew 15:22–28 And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably …
- Mark 7:25–30 Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. …
Importunity in The Roman Centurion
- Matthew 8:5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
- Luke 7:3–4 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant. …
Importunity in The Two Blind Men of Jericho
- Matthew 20:30–31 And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of …
- Mark 10:48 Many people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
- Luke 18:39 Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Imprecatory
- Numbers 16:15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or …
- Numbers 22:6–11 So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and …
- Numbers 23:7–8 And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he …
- Numbers 24:9–10 He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness— who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are …
- Deuteronomy 11:29–30 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim …
- Deuteronomy 27:11–13 On that day Moses commanded the people: …
- Deuteronomy 33:11 Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so …
- Joshua 8:33–34 All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the …
- Judges 16:28 Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one …
- 2 Samuel 16:10–12 But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ …
- Nehemiah 4:4–5 Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity. …
- Nehemiah 5:13 I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not …
- Job 3:1–10 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. …
- Job 27:7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
- Psalm 5:10 Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have …
- Psalm 6:10 All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
- Psalm 9:20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
- Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalm 10:15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
- Psalm 25:3 Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.
- Psalm 28:4 Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them …
- Psalm 31:17–18 O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol. …
- Psalm 35:4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- Psalm 35:8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
- Psalm 35:26 May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- Psalm 40:14–15 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. …
- Psalm 54:5 He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
- Psalm 55:9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
- Psalm 55:15 Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
- Psalm 56:7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
- Psalm 58:7 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
- Psalm 59:5 O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
- Psalm 59:11 Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
- Psalm 59:15 They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
- Psalm 68:1–2 God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence. …
- Psalm 69:23–24 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. …
- Psalm 69:27–28 Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness. …
- Psalm 70:2–3 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. …
- Psalm 71:13 May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
- Psalm 79:10 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed …
- Psalm 79:12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- Psalm 83:13–17 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. …
- Psalm 94:2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
- Psalm 109:7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
- Psalm 109:9–20 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. …
- Psalm 109:28–29 Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. …
- Psalm 119:78 May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
- Psalm 119:84 How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
- Psalm 129:5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
- Psalm 140:9–10 May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused. …
- Psalm 143:12 And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
- Psalm 144:6 Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
- Jeremiah 11:20 O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have …
- Jeremiah 12:3 But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them …
- Jeremiah 15:15 You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. …
- Jeremiah 17:18 Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. …
- Jeremiah 18:21–23 Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and …
- Jeremiah 20:12 O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have …
- Lamentations 1:22 Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my …
- Lamentations 3:64–66 You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. …
- Galatians 1:8–9 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! …
- 2 Timothy 4:14–15 Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds. …
Isaiah
- 2 Kings 20:11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
Jacob
- Genesis 32:9–12 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to …
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 32:16–25 After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD: …
Jesus
- Matthew 14:23 After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
- Matthew 26:36 Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
- Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, …
- Mark 1:35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
- Luke 9:18 One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
- Luke 9:29 And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
Job
- Job 1:20–21 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, …
Jonah
- Jonah 2:1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
Lot
- Genesis 19:20 Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there — is it not a small place? Then …
Manasseh
- 2 Chronicles 33:18–19 As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name …
Martha and Mary Asked Jesus to Come and Heal Their Brother Lazarus
- John 11:1 At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Model For
- Matthew 6:9–13 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. …
Moses Asked to be Permitted to Cross the Jordan River
- Deuteronomy 3:23–27 At that time I also pleaded with the LORD: …
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 2:4 “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
On a Mountain
- Matthew 14:23 After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
- Mark 6:46 After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
- Luke 6:12 In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
- Luke 9:28 About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
Ostentation In, Forbidden
- Matthew 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 …
Paul
- Acts 9:11 “Get up!” 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.
Paul Asked That the “Thorn in the Flesh” be Removed
- 2 Corinthians 12:8–9 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. …
Peter
Plead in The: Covenant of God
- Jeremiah 14:21 For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
Plead in The: Faithfulness of God
- Psalm 143:1 O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
Plead in The: Mercy of God
- Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- Daniel 9:18 Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not …
Plead in The: Promises of God
- Genesis 32:9–12 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to …
- Exodus 32:13 Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your …
- 1 Kings 8:26 And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
- Psalm 119:49 Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
Plead in The: Righteousness of God
- Daniel 9:16 O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your …
Pleas offered In
- Genesis 32:9–12 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to …
- Exodus 32:11–13 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought …
- Exodus 33:13 Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. …
- Numbers 14:13–18 But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. …
- Numbers 16:22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry …
- Deuteronomy 3:24–25 “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such …
- Deuteronomy 9:18 Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink …
- Deuteronomy 9:25–29 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you. …
- Joshua 7:8–9 O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies? …
- 2 Samuel 7:25–29 And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised, …
- 1 Kings 8:25–26 Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never …
- 1 Kings 8:59–60 And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may …
- 1 Kings 18:36–37 At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and …
- 2 Kings 19:15–19 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the …
- 2 Chronicles 14:11 Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O …
- Nehemiah 1:8–9 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among …
- Nehemiah 9:32 So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that …
- Psalm 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
- Psalm 9:19–20 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence. …
- Psalm 25:6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
- Psalm 27:9 Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of …
- Psalm 31:3 For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
- Psalm 38:16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me — those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- Psalm 69:6 May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O …
- Psalm 69:13 But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
- Psalm 69:16 Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
- Psalm 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who …
- Psalm 74:10–11 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever? …
- Psalm 74:18–23 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. …
- Psalm 79:10–12 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed …
- Psalm 83:1–2 O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God. …
- Psalm 83:18 May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Psalm 86:1–5 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. …
- Psalm 86:17 Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
- Psalm 89:49–51 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David? …
- Psalm 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Psalm 109:21–27 But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. …
- Psalm 115:1–2 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness. …
- Psalm 119:38 Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
- Psalm 119:42–43 Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word. …
- Psalm 119:49 Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
- Psalm 119:73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
- Psalm 119:94 I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
- Psalm 119:116 Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- Psalm 119:124 Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:145–146 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes. …
- Psalm 119:149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
- Psalm 119:153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
- Psalm 119:173–176 May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. …
- Psalm 143:11–12 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble. …
- Isaiah 37:15–20 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: …
- Isaiah 63:17–19 Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, …
- Jeremiah 14:21 For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
- Jeremiah 18:20–21 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, …
- Lamentations 3:56–63 You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.” …
- Joel 2:17 Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do …
Postures in Bowing Down
- Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Postures in Falling on the Face
- Numbers 16:22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry …
- Joshua 5:14 “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, …
- 1 Chronicles 21:16 When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand …
- Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, …
Postures in Kneeling
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle …
- Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
- Luke 22:41 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- Acts 20:36 When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
Postures in Lifting up the Hands
- Psalm 28:2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
- Lamentations 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift …
- 1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
Postures in Spreading Forth the Hands
- Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. …
Postures in Standing
- 1 Kings 8:22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
- Mark 11:25 And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your …
Prayer Test Proposed by Elijah
- 1 Kings 18:24–39 Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And …
Private, Enjoined
- Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees …
Profuse, to be Avoided
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on …
- Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Quickening Grace Necessary To
- Psalm 80:18 Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
Rise Early For
- Psalm 5:3 In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
- Psalm 119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
Secret
- Genesis 24:63 Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
- Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees …
Seek Divine Teaching For
- Luke 11:1 One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John …
Shortness of Time a Motive To
- 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
should be offered up in a Forgiving Spirit
- Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
should be offered up in Everything
- Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
should be offered up in Faith
- Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- James 1:6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
should be offered up in Full Assurance of Faith
- Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty …
should be offered up in the Holy Spirit
- Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your …
- Jude 20 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
should be offered Up with a True Heart
- Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty …
should be offered Up with Boldness
- Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
should be offered Up with Confidence in God
- Psalm 56:9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
- Psalm 86:7 In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.
- 1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
should be offered Up with Deliberation
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on …
should be offered Up with Desire to be Answered
- Psalm 27:7 Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.
- Psalm 102:2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
- Psalm 108:6 Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- Psalm 143:1 O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
should be offered Up with Desire to be Heard
- Nehemiah 1:6 let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your …
- Psalm 17:1 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
- Psalm 55:1–2 Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. …
- Psalm 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
should be offered Up with Earnestness
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.
- 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.
should be offered Up with Holiness
- 1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
should be offered Up with Humility
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I …
- 2 Chronicles 33:12 And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
should be offered Up with Importunity
- Genesis 32:26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
- Luke 11:8–9 I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he …
- Luke 18:1–7 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: …
should be offered Up with Preparation of Heart
- Job 11:13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
should be offered Up with Submission to God
- Luke 22:42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
should be offered Up with the Heart
- Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
- Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
should be offered Up with the Soul
- Psalm 42:4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of …
should be offered Up with the Spirit and Understanding
- John 4:22–24 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. …
- 1 Corinthians 14:15 What then 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 …
should be offered Up with the Whole Heart
- Psalm 119:58 I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
- Psalm 119:145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
should be offered Up with Truth
- Psalm 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- John 4:24 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
should be offered Up with Unfeigned Lips
- Psalm 17:1 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
should be offered up without Ceasing
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
should be offered Up: Everywhere
- 1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
should be offered Up: Night and Day
- 1 Timothy 5:5 The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
Silent
- Psalm 5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
Social
- Matthew 18:19 Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.
- Acts 1:13–14 When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, …
- 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 Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
- Acts 21:5 But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us …
Solomon Asked for Wisdom; the Answer Included Wisdom, Riches, Honor, and Long Life
- 1 Kings 3:7–14 And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how …
- 2 Chronicles 1:10–12 Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?” …
Submission In, Exemplified by Jesus
- Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, …
- Mark 14:36 “Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”
- Luke 22:42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
Suitable in Affliction
- Isaiah 26:16 O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- James 5:13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Thanksgiving And, Before Receiving Food
- Joshua 9:14 Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 9:13 As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he …
- Matthew 14:19 And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a …
- Matthew 15:36 Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave …
- Matthew 26:26–27 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; …
- Mark 6:41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them …
- Mark 8:6–7 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them …
- Mark 14:22–23 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.” …
- Luke 9:16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the …
- Luke 22:19 And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in …
- John 6:11 Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
- John 6:23 However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
- Acts 27:35 After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
- Romans 14:6 He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who …
- 1 Corinthians 10:30–31 If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? …
- 1 Corinthians 11:24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
- 1 Timothy 4:3–5 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by …
The Disciples Prayed for Peter; the Answer Included Peter's Deliverance
- Acts 12:15 “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
- Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
The Holy Spirit: As the Spirit of Adoptions, Leads To
- Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom …
- Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
The Holy Spirit: Helps Our Infirmities In
- Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes …
The Holy Spirit: Promised As a Spirit of
- Zechariah 12:10 Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, …
The Israelites Lusted for the Fleshpots of Egypt
- Psalm 106:14–15 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. …
The Lord's Prayer
- Matthew 6:9 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
- Luke 11:1 One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John …
The Prayer of Jesus, “Let This Cup Pass Away”
- Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, …
- Matthew 26:42 A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
- Matthew 26:44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.
- Matthew 26:45–75 Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is …
The Promises of Christ Encourage To
- Luke 11:9–10 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. …
- John 14:13–14 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. …
The Promises of God Encourage To
- Isaiah 65:24 Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Amos 5:4 For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
- Zechariah 13:9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and …
Thrice Daily
- Psalm 55:17 Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
- Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened …
To be offered: Through Christ
- Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
To be offered: To Christ
- Luke 23:42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
- Acts 7:59 While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
To be offered: To God
- Psalm 5:2 Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
- Matthew 4:10 “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
To be offered: To the Holy Spirit
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
To Idols
- 1 Kings 18:26–29 And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O …
Twice Daily
- Psalm 88:1 O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
Unbelief In
- Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Genesis 32:24–28 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. …
- Hosea 12:4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
- 1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35 Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy …
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I …
- Nehemiah 4:9 So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
- Psalm 27:8 My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
- Psalm 105:3–4 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. …
- Psalm 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on …
- Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
- Zechariah 12:10 Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, …
- Matthew 6:5–13 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 …
- Matthew 7:7–8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. …
- Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Mark 9:28–29 After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” …
- Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
- Luke 11:1–13 One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John …
- Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes …
- 1 Corinthians 14:15 What then 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 …
- Ephesians 3:11–12 according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. …
- Ephesians 6:18–19 Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your …
- Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18 Pray without ceasing. …
- 1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
- Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
- 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 has …
- Jude 20 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
- Revelation 5:8 When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a …
- Revelation 8:3–4 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the …
Vain Repetitions In, Forbidden
- Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Vain Repetitions of, to be Avoided
- Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Weeping In
- Ezra 10:1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of …
when Moses Prayed to See Canaan, the Promised Land
- Deuteronomy 3:23–27 At that time I also pleaded with the LORD: …
More passages
- Matthew 27:1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
Related topics
Prayer Under AfflictionPrayer Under Affliction for DeliverancePrayer Under Affliction for Restoration to JoyPrayer for Temporal BlessingsPrayer in the Garden of GethsemanePrayer is Described as Calling Upon the Name of the Lord
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.