Aspects of Prayer - With Verse Reference
Notes taken on different aspects of prayer: What's available, How to Receive, What to do in varying situations with scripture references.
Aspects of Prayer
What is Available?
Knowledge, Wisdom & Understanding
Exo 33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now
thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that
this nation is thy people. ( See Psalm 103:7)
Jdg 13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God
which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the
child that shall be born.
Jdg 18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know
whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Jdg 20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked
counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the
children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
2Ki 6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may
see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the
mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2Ch 1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall
give thee.
2Ch 1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my
father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
2Ch 1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for
thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
2Ch 1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before
this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
2Ch 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not
asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked
long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge
my people, over whom I have made thee king:
2Ch 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and
wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee,
neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Neh 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Psa 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in
the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and
to enquire in his temple.
Dan 9:20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of
my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the
holy mountain of my God;
Dan 9:21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen
in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time
of the evening oblation.
Dan 9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come
forth to give thee skill and understanding.
Dan 9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am
come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and
consider the vision.
Mat 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as
thou wilt.
Luk 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and
continued all night in prayer to God.
Luk 6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose
twelve, whom also he named apostles;
Act 1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men,
shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
Act 11:5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain
vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners;
and it came even to me:
Act 11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw
fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the
air.
Act 11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
Act 11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time
entered into my mouth.
Act 11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that
call not thou common.
Act 11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Act 22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I
prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
Act 22:18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of
Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
Php 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and
in all judgment;
Php 1:10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and
without offence till the day of Christ;
Col 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you,
and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and
spiritual understanding;
Col 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every
good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Eph 1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all
the saints,
Eph 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is
the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints,
Eph 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power,
Eph 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Eph 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Eph 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and
grounded in love,
Eph 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and
depth, and height;
Eph 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be
filled with all the fulness of God.
Physical Healing
Gen 20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and
his maidservants; and they bare children.
1Ki 13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of
the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the
man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and
became as it was before.
2Ki 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid
upon his bed.
2Ki 4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the
LORD.
2Ki 4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and
his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon
the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
2Ki 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and
stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened
his eyes.
2Ch 30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh,
Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover
otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good
LORD pardon every one
2Ch 30:19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he
be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
2Ch 30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Act 9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to
the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she
sat up.
Act 9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints
and widows, presented her alive.
Act 28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a
bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and
healed him.
Jas 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Jas 5:14 Is any sick among you? 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:
Jas 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and
if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Jas 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Material Blessings
Psa 105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Psa 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Psa 118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now
prosperity.
Psa 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Psa 122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Zec 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make
bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Mat 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask
him?
Rest and Peace
Psa 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Psa 122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Jer 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths,
where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But
they said, We will not walk therein.
1Ti 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1Ti 2:2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and
peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Protection
2Ki 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel,
which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
2Ki 19:16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and
hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
2Ki 19:17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their
lands,
2Ki 19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of
men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
2Ki 19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his
hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even
thou only.
2Ki 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD
God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria
I have heard.
1Ch 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me
indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou
wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that
which he requested.
Ezr 8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to
help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying,
The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his
wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Ezr 8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Neh 4:8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and
to hinder it.
Neh 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them
day and night, because of them.
Psa 20:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of
trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Psa 20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
Deliverance
Exo 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the
children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came
up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exo 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Exo 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
Jdg 3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a
deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz,
Caleb's younger brother.
Psa 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psa 34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Psa 34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his
troubles.
Psa 40:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and
he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psa 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my
feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Psa 64:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer:
preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psa 107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of
their distresses.
Mat 26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give
me more than twelve legions of angels?
Luk 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Act 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the
church unto God for him.
Act 12:12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the
mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together
praying.
Act 16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the
prisoners heard them.
Act 16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the
prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's
bands were loosed.
2Th 3:2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men
have not faith.
Strength
Neh 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the
work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Psa 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the LORD.
Isa 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD,
the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no
searching of his understanding.
Isa 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth
strength.
Isa 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount
up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and
not faint.
Luk 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you,
that he may sift you as wheat:
Luk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted,
strengthen thy brethren.
Eph 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Eph 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Children
Gen 25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the
LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
1Sa 1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy
petition that thou hast asked of him.
1Sa 1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had
conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have
asked him of the LORD.
To Work in Men’s Hearts
Neh 1:11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy
servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I
pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I
was the king's cupbearer.
Outreach of the Word
Mat 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues,
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every
disease among the people.
Mat 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them,
because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Mat 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the
labourers are few;
Mat 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into
his harvest.
Act 4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with
all boldness they may speak thy word,
Act 4:30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done
by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Act 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled
together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of
God with boldness.
Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth
boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Eph 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I
ought to speak.
Col 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Col 4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to
speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
Col 4:4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
2Th 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course,
and be glorified, even as it is with you:
To Receive Holy Spirit and Operate Manifestations
Luk 3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being
baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
Luk 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a
voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well
pleased.
Luk 11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luk 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Luk 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Act 8:15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the
Holy Ghost:
1Co 14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may
interpret.
2Th 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy
of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith
with power:
Ministries Establish Believers
Rom 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son,
that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Rom 1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous
journey by the will of God to come unto you.
Rom 1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end
ye may be established;
Col 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring
fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of
God.
1Th 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might
perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
God’s Blessing on Ordained Men
Act 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their
hands on them.
Act 13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent
them away.
Act 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed
with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Continued Fellowship in the Gospel
Php 1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Php 1:4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
Php 1:5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you
will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
How to Receive?
Desire, Seek, Ask God
Deu 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if
thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
2Ch 6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am
risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the
LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2Ch 6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he
made with the children of Israel.
2Ch 15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and
sought him, he was found of them.
2Ch 15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with
all their heart and with all their soul;
2Ch 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to
death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
2Ch 15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and
with trumpets, and with cornets.
2Ch 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and
sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave
them rest round about.
Psa 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD,
will I seek.
Isa 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will
I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world
will learn righteousness.
Dan 8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for
the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Mat 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you:
Mat 7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
Php 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Jas 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth
grace unto the humble.
1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt
you in due time:
1Pe 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Don’t Seek Anything Else Before God
Deu 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they
be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How
did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
Jos 9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the
LORD.
2Ki 1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in
Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of
Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
2Ki 1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no
God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed
on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
1Ch 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD,
even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of
one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
1Ch 10:14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the
kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
2Ch 16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until
his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to
the physicians.
Psa 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God
is not in all his thoughts.
Isa 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me;
and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Isa 30:2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to
strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Isa 30:3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the
shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isa 44:17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth
down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou
art my god.
Isa 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the
nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray
unto a god that cannot save.
Zep 1:6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought
the LORD, nor enquired for him.
Request God to Fulfill His Word
Exo 32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy
wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of
Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Exo 32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring
them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the
earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Exo 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by
thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven,
and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit
it for ever.
Neh 1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses,
saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
Neh 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there
were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from
thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
2Ch 6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father
that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight
to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk
in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
2Ch 6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast
spoken unto thy servant David.
Psa 20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
Psa 119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
1Jn 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us:
1Jn 5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions that we desired of him.
Expect God to Answer Prayers According to
HIS Righteousness and Faithfulness and NOT Ours
Psa 143:1 A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in
thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Psa 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man
living be justified.
Dan 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our
desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our
supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
Dan 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine
own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Pray Continually
Neh 1:6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the
prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of
Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have
sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
Psa 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall
hear my voice.
Psa 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased
not: my soul refused to be comforted.
Dan 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house;
and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his
knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime.
Rom 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Eph 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Php 1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Php 1:4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
Col 1:3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always
for you,
Col 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
1Th 1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our
prayers;
1Th 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
1Th 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you.
1Ti 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath
and doubting.
1Ti 5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in
supplications and prayers night and day.
Pray From the Heart — No Pretense
2Ch 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto
every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only
knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
2Ch 30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh,
Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover
otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good
LORD pardon every one
2Ch 30:19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he
be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
2Ch 30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Psa 17:1 A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto
my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Mat 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to
pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be
seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Mat 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall
reward thee openly.
Mat 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that
they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Mat 6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have
need of, before ye ask him.
Mat 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy name.
Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Be a Servant
2Ch 6:19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O
LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth
before thee:
Neh 1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy
great power, and by thy strong hand.
Neh 1:11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy
servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I
pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I
was the king's cupbearer.
Dan 9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his
supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the
Lord's sake.
Confess Broken Fellowship — Stay in Fellowship
2Ch 6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they
have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make
supplication before thee in this house;
2Ch 6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and
bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
2Ch 6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned
against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from
their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
2Ch 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy
people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk;
and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
2Ch 6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or
mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their
land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
2Ch 6:29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of
all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and
shall spread forth his hands in this house:
2Ch 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto
every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only
knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
2Ch 33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do
worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
2Ch 33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not
hearken.
2Ch 33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king
of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and
carried him to Babylon.
2Ch 33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled
himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
2Ch 33:13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his
supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh
knew that the LORD he was God.
Neh 1:6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the
prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of
Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have
sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
Neh 1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the
commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy
servant Moses.
Psa 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will
confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Selah.
Psa 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest
be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Dan 9:4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O
Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love
him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Dan 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and
have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Dan 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy
name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Dan 9:7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at
this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel,
that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven
them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Dan 9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to
our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Dan 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have
rebelled against him;
Dan 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws,
which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Dan 9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might
not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written
in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Dan 9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our
judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven
hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Dan 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we
not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and
understand thy truth.
Dan 9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for
the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not
his voice.
Dan 9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of
Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have
sinned, we have done wickedly.
Dan 9:16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and
thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our
sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a
reproach to all that are about us.
Dan 9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his
supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the
Lord's sake.
Dan 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our
desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our
supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
Dan 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine
own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you.
1Jn 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all
things.
1Jn 3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his
commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Be a Doer of the Word
2Ki 20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
2Ki 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in
truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And
Hezekiah wept sore.
Neh 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God,
that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his
commandments:
Pro 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be
abomination.
Isa 1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble
unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Isa 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea,
when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isa 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine
eyes; cease to do evil;
Isa 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
1Jn 3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his
commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Solitude — Prayer is a Meeting with God
Exo 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the
mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony,
of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Exo 29:42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you,
to speak there unto thee.
Exo 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his
friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a
young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Num 23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go:
peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will
tell thee. And he went to an high place.
Mat 14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart
to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Mat 26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto
the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
Mar 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and
departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Mar 6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
Luk 5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Luk 9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and
he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
Act 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city,
Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
Believe
Mat 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Mar 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
1Ti 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath
and doubting.
Jas 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of
the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Steadfastness in Prayer
Luk 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray,
and not to faint;
Luk 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were
great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Heb 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications
with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was
heard in that he feared;
Jas 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Jas 5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that
it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six
months.
Jas 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her
fruit.
1Pe 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Ask in the Name of Jesus Christ
Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son.
Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Joh 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye
should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye
shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Joh 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Joh 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full.
Pray in the Spirit — S.I.T.
1Co 14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding
is unfruitful.
1Co 14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding
also.
Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Jud 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost,
Group Prayer
Act 1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the
women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Act 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in
breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Act 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the
church unto God for him.
Act 12:12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the
mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together
praying.
Act 20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
Act 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way;
and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the
city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
Request Prayer from Others
Rom 15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the
love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Rom 15:31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my
service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
Rom 15:32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be
refreshed.
1Th 5:25 Brethren, pray for us.
Heb 13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to
live honestly.
Phm 1:22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I
shall be given unto you.
Thanksgiving
Eph 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Php 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Col 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
1Th 1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our
prayers;
What to Do with It
Dedicate Answered Prayers to God
1Sa 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked
of him:
1Sa 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be
lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
Heed the Guidance You Receive in Prayer
Jer 42:2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be
accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this
remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
Jer 42:3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the
thing that we may do.
Jer 42:9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent
me to present your supplication before him;
Jer 42:10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down,
and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done
unto you.
Jer 42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of
him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his
hand.
Jer 42:12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and
cause you to return to your own land.
Jer 42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the
LORD your God,
Jer 42:14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war,
nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
Jer 42:15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into
Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Jer 42:16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you
there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close
after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Jer 43:1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all
the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had
sent him to them, even all these words,
Jer 43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all
the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath
not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
Jer 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the
hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives
into Babylon.
Jer 43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the
people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Jer 43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the
remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven,
to dwell in the land of Judah;
Jer 43:6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Jer 43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the
LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
Need & Want Parallel
Prayer Must Be in Alignment With the Word
Psa 119:169 TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding
according to thy word.
Psa 119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
In Agreement
Mat 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the
midst of them.
God’s Ability = God’s Willingness
2Ch 7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from
heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the
LORD filled the house.
2Ch 30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Job 42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my
servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall
pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye
have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Psa 6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
Psa 141:1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto
my voice, when I cry unto thee.
Psa 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my
hands as the evening sacrifice.
Pro 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of
the upright is his delight.
Act 10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he
said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Rev 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell
down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of
odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Rev 8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Rev 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints,
ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
God May Go Beyond What We Ask
2Ch 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not
asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked
long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge
my people, over whom I have made thee king:
2Ch 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and
wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee,
neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that worketh in us,
God Gives Revelation to Pray for Certain Things
2Sa 7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying,
I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this
prayer unto thee.
Neh 2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man
what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with
me, save the beast that I rode upon.
Isa 45:11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things
to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Intercessory Prayer
Old Testament
Num 11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD
heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and
consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
Num 11:2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD,
the fire was quenched.
Num 21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people;
and much people of Israel died.
Num 21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have
spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away
the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
Deu 9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
Deu 9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at
the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
Deu 9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy
people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which
thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Deu 9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the
stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Deu 9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not
able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them,
he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Deu 9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by
thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
1Sa 7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the
LORD.
1Sa 12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy
God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
1Sa 12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness:
yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
1Sa 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot
profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
1Sa 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it
hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
1Sa 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing
to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
Jer 7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them,
neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
Jer 11:14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them:
for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
Jer 14:11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
Jer 14:12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering
and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by
the famine, and by the pestilence.
Jer 15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet
my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go
forth.
Jesus Christ
Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he
may abide with you for ever;
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him
not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in
you.
Joh 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Joh 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full.
Joh 16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I
shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
Joh 16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray
the Father for you:
Joh 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have
believed that I came out from God.
Joh 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given
me; for they are thine.
Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou
shouldest keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me
through their word;
In Grace Administration
Rom 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we
should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered.
Rom 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
1Jn 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he
shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not
say that he shall pray for it.
Other Attributes of Prayer
In Old Testament They Prayed Three Times a Day
Dan 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house;
and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his
knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime.
Psa 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall
hear my voice.
Prayed in Jerusalem at Temple or Toward Jerusalem
Zec 8:20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come
people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
Zec 8:21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to
pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
Zec 8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in
Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
1Ki 9:3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that
thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put
my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Dan 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house;
and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his
knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime.
In O.T. They Went to a Man of God or Priest for Answer to Prayer
Exo 18:15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to
enquire of God:
Jdg 20:27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant
of God was there in those days,
Jdg 20:28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those
days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my
brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver
them into thine hand.
1Sa 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come,
and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a
Seer.)
1Sa 28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither
by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
1Ki 22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word
of the LORD to day.
1Ki 22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men,
and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And
they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
1Ki 22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we
might enquire of him?
2Ki 8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the
man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
2Ki 22:13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah,
concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD
that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of
this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
2Ki 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah,
went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of
Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they
communed with her.
Prayer Should Cause Us to Be Radiant
Exo 34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two
tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses
wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
Luk 9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and
John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
Luk 9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment
was white and glistering.
Deliverance for the One Praying
Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends:
also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Pray for Enemies
Mat 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Prayer is Hand in Hand with the Work of the Ministry
Act 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Prayer in Marriage
1Co 7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may
give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you
not for your incontinency.
1Pe 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour
unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of
life; that your prayers be not hindered.