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Prayer
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Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
pray without ceasing;
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;
with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →
And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Rejoice always; — read the full passage →
but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.
O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.
These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, — read the full passage →
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: — read the full passage →
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue.
Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. — read the full passage →
Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,
And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.
The righteous cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.
And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah: Jehovah answered me and set me in a large place.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. — read the full passage →
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, I sent indeed unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. — read the full passage →
If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.
And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.
And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them.
And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →
And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →
Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
and saith unto them, Go your way into the village that is over against you: and straightway as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him.
For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. — read the full passage →
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. — read the full passage →
having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:
Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.
Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.