1281 verses about Prayer

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,

But quickly certain of Heliodorus’s familiar friends implored Onias to call upon the Most High, and grant life to him who lay quite at the last gasp.

But as the high priest was making the atoning sacrifice, the same young men appeared again to Heliodorus, arrayed in the same garments; and they stood and said, Give Onias the high priest great thanks, for for his sake the Lord has granted you life;

Wherefore all men implored that the vision might have been given for good.

The Lord God sees, and in truth is entreated for us, as Moses declared in his song, which witnesseth against the people to their faces, saying, And he shall be entreated for his servants.

And they called upon the Lord, beseeching him to look upon the people that was oppressed by all; and to have compassion on the sanctuary also that had been profaned by the ungodly men;

And others sold all that was left over to them, and withal implored the Lord to deliver those who had been sold as slaves by the impious Nicanor or ever he met them;

And when they had accomplished these things, and had made a common supplication, they implored the merciful Lord to be wholly reconciled with his servants.

And when they had done these things, they fell prostrate and implored the Lord that they might fall no more into such evils; but that, if ever they should sin, they might be chastened by him with forbearance, and not be delivered to blaspheming and barbarous heathen.

But Maccabaeus and his men, having made solemn supplication and implored God to fight on their side, rushed upon the strongholds of the Idumaeans;

But as he drew near, Maccabaeus and his men sprinkled earth upon their heads and girded their loins with sackcloth, in supplication to God,

and falling down upon the step in front of the altar, implored him to become gracious to them, and be an enemy to their enemies and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declares.

And rising from their prayer they took up their arms, and advanced some distance from the city; and when they had come near to their enemies they halted.

But when Maccabaeus and his men learned that he was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people with lamentations and tears made supplication to the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel.

But Judas and his company, calling upon the great sovereign of the world, who without rams and cunning engines of war hurled down Jericho in the times of Joshua, rushed wildly against the wall;

But calling upon the Sovereign who with might breaks in pieces the strength of the enemy, they got the city into their hands, and killed as many as twenty and five thousand of those who were within.

And when those who were with Esdris had been fighting long and were wearied out, Judas called upon the Lord to show himself, fighting on their side and leading the van of the battle;

For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it were superfluous and idle to pray for the dead.

But when Judas heard of these things, he gave charge to the multitude to call upon the Lord day and night, beseeching him, if ever at any other time, so now to succour those who were at the point to be deprived of the law and their country and the holy temple,

So when they had all done the same thing together, beseeching the merciful Lord with weeping and fastings and prostration for three days without ceasing, Judas exhorted them and commanded they should join him for service.

But when the Jews heard of Nicanor’s inroad and the assault of the heathen, they sprinkled earth upon their heads and made solemn supplication to him who had established his own people for evermore, and who always, making manifest his presence, upholdeth those who are his own portion.

And having said this, he departed. But the priests, stretching forth their hands toward heaven, called upon him that ever fights for our nation, in these words:

but Maccabaeus still trusted unceasingly, with all hope that he should obtain help from the Lord.

And the vision of that dream was this: He saw Onias, him that was high priest, a noble and good man, reverend in bearing, yet gentle in manner and well-spoken, and exercised from a child in all points of virtue, with outstretched hands invoking blessings on the whole body of the Jews:

and Onias answered and said, This is the lover of the kindred, he who prays much for the people and the holy city, Jeremiah the prophet of God:

Maccabaeus, perceiving the presence of the troops, and the various arms with which they were equipped, and the savageness of the elephants, holding up his hands to heaven called upon the Lord that works wonders, recognising that success comes not by arms, but that, according as the Lord shall judge, he gaineth the victory for those who are worthy.

And calling upon God he said after this manner: You, O Sovereign Lord, did send your angel in the time of Hezekiah king of Judea, and he killed of the army of Sennacherib as many as a hundred fourscore and five thousand;

so now also, O Sovereign of the heavens, send a good angel before us to bring terror and trembling:

but Judas and his company joined battle with the enemy with invocation and prayers.

And contending with their hands, and praying to God with their hearts, they killed no less than thirty and five thousand men, being made exceeding glad by the manifestation of God.

And when he had arrived there, and had called his countrymen together and set the priests before the altar, he sent for those who were in the citadel;

Now when this young man was gone forth, he lifted up his face to heaven toward Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven,

that drink offerings may be made to the Most High God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.

And there I vowed a fast for the young men before our Lord, to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and for our children and cattle that were with us:

for I was ashamed to ask of the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.

And again we implored our lord as touching these things, and found him favourable to us.

Then rising up from the fast with my clothes and my holy garment tore, and bowing my knees, and stretching forth my hands to the Lord,

and to discover to us a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.

Ezra 10:1. And as Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and lying flat upon the ground before the temple, there gathered to him from Jerusalem a very great throng of men and women and children: for there was great weeping among the multitude.

Ezra 10:6, etc. Then Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Jonas the son of Eliasib,

And all the people answered, Amen; and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground, and worshipped the Lord.

O LORD Almighty, that are in heaven, you God of our fathers, of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed;

who have bound the sea by the word of your commandment; who have shut up the deep, and sealed it by your terrible and glorious name;

You, O Lord, according to your great goodness have promised repentance and forgiveness to those who have sinned against you: and of your infinite mercies have appointed repentance to sinners, that they may be saved. You therefore, O Lord, that are the God of the just, have not appointed repentance to the just, to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against you; but you have appointed repentance to me that am a sinner: