1281 verses about Prayer

And she answered and said, If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let my life be granted to my petition, and my people to my request.

And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and implored him to do away the mischief of Haman, and all that he had done against the Jews.

For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and there came to me a spirit of wisdom.

But to me may God give to speak with judgement, And to conceive thoughts worthy of what has been given me; Because himself is one that guideth even wisdom and that correcteth the wise.

But perceiving that I could not otherwise possess wisdom except God gave her me (Yes and to know by whom the grace is given, this too came of understanding), I pleaded with the Lord and implored him, and with my whole heart I said,

Give me wisdom, her that sits by you on your throne; And reject me not from among your servants:

Send her forth out of the holy heavens, And from the throne of your glory bid her come, That being present with me she may toil with me, And that I may learn what is well-pleasing before you.

They thirsted, and they called upon you, And there was given them water out of the flinty rock, And healing of their thirst out of the hard stone.

When he makes his prayer concerning goods and his marriage and children, He is not ashamed to speak to that which has no life;

Therefore at that time also, converting itself into all forms, It ministered to your all-nourishing bounty, According to the desire of those who made supplication;

That it might be known that we must rise before the sun to give you thanks, And must plead with you at the dawning of the light:

For a blameless man hurried to be their champion: Bringing the weapon of his own ministry, Even prayer and the propitiation of incense, He withstood the indignation, and set an end to the calamity, Shewing that he was your servant.

Whoso honors his father will have joy of his children; And in the day of his prayer he will be heard.

For if he curse you in the bitterness of his soul, He that made him will hear his supplication.

Be not faint-hearted in your prayer; And neglect not to give alms.

Prate not in the multitude of elders; And repeat not your words in your prayer.

Return to the Lord, and forsake sins: Make your prayer before his face, and lessen the offence.

Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of God, And his judgement comes speedily.

O Lord, Father and Master of my life, Abandon me not to their counsel: Suffer me not to fall by them.

O Lord, Father and God of my life, Give me not a proud look,

Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done you; And then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.

One praying, and another cursing, Whose voice will the Lord listen to?

Even so a man fasting for his sins, And going again, and doing the same; Who will listen to his prayer? And what profit has he in his humiliation?

He will not accept any person against a poor man; And he will listen to the prayer of him that is wronged.

He will in no wise despise the supplication of the fatherless; Nor the widow, when she pours out her tale.

He that serves God according to his good pleasure shall be accepted, And his supplication shall reach to the clouds.

The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds; And till it come near, he will not be comforted; And he will not depart, till the Most High shall visit; And he shall judge righteously, and execute judgement.

Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and behold;

And let them know you, as we also have known you, That there is no God but only you, O God.

O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, And upon Israel, whom you did liken to a firstborn.

Hearken, O Lord, to the prayer of your suppliants, According to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people; And all those who are on the earth shall know That you are the Lord, the eternal God.

And above all this entreat the Most High, That he may direct your way in truth.

My son, in your sickness be not negligent; But pray to the Lord, and he shall heal you.

For they also shall beseech the Lord, That he may prosper them in giving relief and in healing for the maintenance of life.

But they will maintain the fabric of the world; And in the handywork of their craft is their prayer.

He will apply his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, And will make supplication before the Most High, And will open his mouth in prayer, And will make supplication for his sins.

If the great Lord will, He shall be filled with the spirit of understanding: He shall pour forth the words of his wisdom, And in prayer give thanks to the Lord.

He called upon the Most High and Mighty One, When his foes pressed him round about; And the great Lord heard him.

Also when his enemies pressed him round about He called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, With the offering of the sucking lamb.

For he called upon the Most High Lord; And he gave him strength in his right hand, To kill a man mighty in war, To exalt the horn of his people.

And they called upon the Lord which is merciful, Spreading forth their hands to him: And the Holy One heard them speedily out of Heaven, And delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.

And the people implored the Lord Most High, In prayer before him that is merciful. Till the worship of the Lord should be ended; And so they accomplished his service.

And I lifted up my supplication from the earth, And prayed for deliverance from death.

I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, That he would not forsake me in the days of affliction, In the time when there was no help against the proud.

I will praise your name continually, And will sing praise with thanksgiving; And my supplication was heard:

When I was yet young, Or ever I went abroad, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.

Before the temple I asked for her, And I will seek her out even to the end.

My soul has wrestled in her, And in my doing I was exact: I spread forth my hands to the heaven above, And bewailed my ignorances of her.

And they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord;

and pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Baltasar his son, that their days may be as the days of heaven above the earth:

Pray for us also to the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God; and to this day the wrath of the Lord and his indignation is not turned from us.

Let your wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where you have scattered us.

Hear our prayer, O Lord, and our petition, and deliver us for your own sake, and give us favor in the sight of them which have led us away captive:

O Lord, look down from your holy house, and consider us: incline your ear, O Lord, and hear:

For we do not present our supplication before you, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.

and they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,

O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, the soul in anguish, the troubled spirit, cries to you.

O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead Israelites, and of the children of them which were sinners before you, that didn’t listen to the voice of you their God: for the which cause these plagues clave to us.

Remember not the iniquities of our fathers: but remember your power and your name now at this time.

I have put off the garment of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my petition: I will cry to the Everlasting as long as I live.

Be of good cheer, O my children, cry to God, and he shall deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.

Be of good cheer, O my children, and cry to God: for you⌃ shall be remembered of him that has brought these things upon you.

But say you⌃ in your hearts, O Lord, we must worship you.

Then Azarias stood, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,

and cause not your mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham that is beloved of you, and for the sake of Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one;

Deliver us also according to your marvelous works, and give glory to your name, O Lord: and let all those who do your servants hurt be confounded;

and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.

And she weeping looked up toward heaven: for her heart trusted in the Lord.

Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, O everlasting God, that know the secrets, that know all things before they be:

And the Lord heard her voice.

And Habakkuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

And Daniel said, You have remembered me, O God: neither have you forsaken those who love you.

And the congregation was gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask for mercy and compassion.

And they gathered themselves together, and came to Mizpeh, near Jerusalem; for in Mizpeh was there a place of prayer aforetime for Israel.

And they cried aloud toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these men, and whither shall we carry them away?

How shall we be able to stand before them, except you be our help?

And now let us cry to heaven, if he will have us, and will remember the covenant of our fathers, and destroy this army before our face today:

And he saw that the army was strong, and he prayed and said, Blessed are you, O Saviour of Israel, who did quell the onset of the mighty man by the hand of your servant David, and did deliver the army of the Philistines into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and of his armor bearer:

shut up this army in the hand of your people Israel, and let them be ashamed for their army and their horsemen:

and fell on their faces to the ground, and blew with the solemn trumpets, and cried toward heaven.

And all the people fell upon their faces, and worshipped, and gave praise to heaven, which had given them good success.

And Judas saw that the battle was begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets and a great sound,

And he went forth behind them in three companies, and they sounded with their trumpets, and cried out in prayer.

You did choose this house to be called by your name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for your people:

And Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men: and Judas prayed and said,

Even so discomfit you this army before us today, and let all the rest know that he has spoken wickedly against your sanctuary, and judge you him according to his wickedness.

Now therefore cry to heaven, that you⌃ may be delivered out of the hand of your enemies.

And Jonathan tore his clothes, and put earth upon his head, and prayed.

We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and on the other convenient days, do remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in our prayers, as it is right and meet to be mindful of kindred:

and hearken to your supplications, and be reconciled with you, and not forsake you in an evil time.

And now we here are praying for you.

and set the gate on fire, and shed innocent blood: and we implored the Lord, and were heard; and we offered sacrifice and meal offering, and we lighted the lamps, and we set forth the show bread.

And the priests made a prayer while the sacrifice was consuming, both the priests and all others, Jonathan leading and the rest answering, as Nehemiah did.

And the prayer was after this manner: O Lord, Lord God, the Creator of all things, who are terrible and strong and righteous and merciful, who alone are King and gracious,

Gather together our Dispersion, set at liberty those who are in bondage among the heathen, look upon those who are despised and abhorred, and let the heathen know that you are our God.

As Moses prayed to the Lord, and fire came down out of heaven and consumed the sacrifice, even so prayed Solomon also, and the fire came down and consumed the burnt offerings;

And the priests, prostrating themselves before the altar in their priestly garments, and looking toward heaven, called upon him that gave the law concerning deposits, that he should preserve these treasures safe for those that had deposited them.

And those who were in the houses rushed flocking out to make a universal supplication, because the place was like to come into contempt.

And all, stretching forth their hands toward heaven, made their solemn supplication.

While therefore they called upon the Almighty Lord to keep the things intrusted to them safe and sure for those that had intrusted them,