Bible on Prayer

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

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.

And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.