Prayer

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics

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 all the people answered, “What you say is good.” Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first…

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 lift up my soul.
• 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.

Twice daily

• Psalm 88:1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

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 toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

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.

Without ceasing

• 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.

Boldness in

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.

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? What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? Far be it from You to do such a thing — to k…

By Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering Israel

• Exodus 33:12 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 send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
• Exodus 33:18 Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”

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 what is done in secret, will reward you.

Silent

• Psalm 5:1 For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

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 Israelites — men, women, and children — gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah

• 1 Kings 18:27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”

Long

Of Pharisees

• Matthew 23:14

Of scribes

• Mark 12:40 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
• Luke 20:47 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

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 earth. So let your words be few.
• 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.

Tokens asked for, as assurance of answer

By Abraham' s servant

• Genesis 24:14 Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’— let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

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, then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”

Rebuked

Of Moses, at the Red Sea

• Exodus 14:15 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

When Moses prayed to see Canaan, the promised land

• Deuteronomy 3:23–27 At that time I also pleaded with the LORD: “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 works and mighty acts as Yours? Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan — that pleasant hill country…

Of Joshua

• Joshua 7:10 But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?

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 not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

Unbelief in

• Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

;The Lord' s Prayer

• Matthew 6:9–13 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us fr…
• Luke 11:2–4 So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”

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 Your Son may glorify You. For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. Now this is eternal life, that…

Answer to, withheld

Of Balaam

• Deuteronomy 23:5 Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
• Joshua 24:10 but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.

Of JOB

• Job 30:20 I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
• Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites

• Deuteronomy 1:45 And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.

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, but as You 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 betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us go! See, My betrayer is approaching!” While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a l…

And

• Matthew 27 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death. They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor. When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty… (whole chapter)

Answer to, delayed

• Psalm 22:1–2 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
• Psalm 40:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 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, exceeds petition

Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom, riches, honour, 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 to go out or come in. Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number. Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart…
• 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?” God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or honor for yourself or death for your enemies — and since you have not even requested…

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.

Answer to, different from the request

Moses asked to be permitted to cross the Jordan River; the answer was permission to view the land of promise

• Deuteronomy 3:23–27 At that time I also pleaded with the LORD: “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 works and mighty acts as Yours? Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan — that pleasant hill country…

The Israelites lusted for the fleshpots of Egypt; the answer gave them, flesh, but also leanness of soul

• Psalm 106:14–15 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

Martha and Mary asked Jesus to come and heal their brother Lazarus; Jesus delayed, but raised Lazarus from the dead

• John 11 At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.” When Jesus hea… (whole chapter)

Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed; the answer was a promise of grace to endure it

• 2 Corinthians 12:8–9 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

In Behalf of Nations

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Penitential

Of David

• Psalm 51:1–17 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I kn…

Of the tax collector

• Luke 18:13 But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, below

See SIN, CONFESSION OF

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 mistreated a single one of them.”
• 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 drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.” The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divinati…
• 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 said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’ How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
• 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 those who curse you.” Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you hav…
• 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 and the curse on Mount Ebal. Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gi…
• Deuteronomy 27:11–13 On that day Moses commanded the people: “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Napht…
• 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 they can rise no more.”
• 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 covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servan…
• 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 vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
• 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,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’” Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, t…

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, but as You 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.”

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.’ But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Job

• Job 1:20–21 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

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 what is done in secret, will reward you.

Exemplified by

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 my life will be saved.”

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.

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 your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’ I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jo…

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. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”

Hannah

• 1 Samuel 1:10 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

David

• 2 Samuel 7:18–29 Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord…

Hezekiah

• 2 Kings 20:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

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.

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 of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and un…

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 to the LORD my God, 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 heads, and our guilt ha…

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 2:4 “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 32:16–25 After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD: “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the…

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 bear Your name.”

Jonah

• Jonah 2:1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,

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?

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.

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, but as You 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.

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.

Peter

• 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 opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
• Acts 10:9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

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

Family

By Abraham

• Genesis 12:5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
• Genesis 12:8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

By Jacob

• Genesis 35:3 Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

By Cornelius

• Acts 10:2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

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, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the moth…
• 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 out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

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, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the moth…
• 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 together and were praying.

Held in the temple

• Acts 2:46 With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
• Acts 3:1 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

Of Jesus

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.

In the garden of Gethsemane

• 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.”
• Mark 14:32 Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
• Luke 22:45 When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

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 taught his disciples.”

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 Your Son may glorify You. For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. Now this is eternal life, that…

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.

In distress

• John 12:27 Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
• 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 Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

In the wilderness

• Luke 5:16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.

In behalf of Peter

• Luke 22:31–32 Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon , that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come

• John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever —

After the supper

• John 17 When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You. For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. Now this is eternal life, that… (whole chapter)

Of the apostles

• Acts 1:24–25 And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

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 Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made. At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for h…

Unclassified Scriptures Relating to

• Genesis 32:24–28 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go un…
• 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 name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
• 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 will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
• 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. Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
• 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.

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.

Answered

Instances of Answered

Cain

Abraham, for a son

Abraham entreating

For Sodom

For Ishmael

For Abimelech

Hagar, for deliverance

Abraham' s servant, for guidance

Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy

Jacob, for deliverance from Esau

Moses, for help at the Red Sea

Moses, at the waters of Marah

Moses, at Mount Horeb

Moses, in the battle with the Amalekites

Moses, concerning the complaint of the Israelites for meat

Moses, on behalf of Miriam' s leprosy

Moses, Aaron, and Samuel

Israelites for deliverance

From bondage

From Pharaoh' s army

From the king of Mesopotamia

Sisera

Ammon

For God' s favor under the reproofs of Azariah

From Babylonian bondage

Gideon, asking for the token of dew

Manoah, asking about Samson

Samson, asking for strength

Hannah, asking to give birth to a child

David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into his hands

David, asking about Ziklag

David, asking whether he should go into Judah after Saul' s death

David, asking whether he should go to war against the Philistines

David, in adversity

Solomon, asking for wisdom

Elijah, raising the widow' s son

Elijah, calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice

Elijah, asking for rain

Elisha, leading the Syrian army

Jabez, asking for prosperity

Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam

Asa, for victory over Zerah

The people of Judah

Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites

Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael

Priests and Levites, when blessing the people

Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib

To save Hezekiah' s life

Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon

The Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites

The Jews, returning from the captivity

Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction changed

Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream

Daniel, interceding for the people

Daniel, in a vision

Zacharias, for a son

The leper, for healing

Centurion, for his servant

Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to life

The disciples, for Peter

Paul, to be restored to health

Confession in

Importunity in

Instances of Importunity in

Jacob

Moses

Elijah

The two blind men of Jericho

The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman

The Roman centurion

Intercessory

See Intercession

See JESUS, MEDIATION OF

Of Wicked People Not Heard

See WICKED, PRAYER OF

Pleas Offered in

Thanksgiving and, Before Receiving Food