Nave’s Topical Bible
Prayer
526 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
- Prayer test proposed by Elijah
- Daily, in the morning
- Twice daily
- Thrice daily
- All night
- Without ceasing
- Boldness in
- Enjoined
- Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom
- By Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering Israel
- Secret
- Silent
- Weeping in
- In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah
- Long
- Of Pharisees
- Of scribes
- Profuse, to be avoided
- Vain repetitions of, to be avoided
- Tokens asked for, as assurance of answer
- By Abraham's servant
- Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece
- Rebuked
- Of Moses, at the Red Sea
- When Moses prayed to see Canaan, the promised land
- Of Joshua
- Evils averted by
- Unbelief in
- "The Lord's Prayer,"
- However, see
- Answer to, withheld
- Of Balaam
- Of Job
- Of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites
- The prayer of Jesus, "Let this cup pass away,"
- And
- Answer to, delayed
Psalms 22:1-2; Psalms 40:1; Psalms 80:4; Psalms 88:14; Jeremiah 42:7; Habakkuk 1:2; Luke 18:7
- Answer to, exceeds petition
- Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom, riches, honour, and long life
- The disciples prayed for Peter; the answer included Peter's deliverance
- Answer to, different from the request
- Moses asked to be permitted to cross the Jordan River; the answer was permission to view the land of promise
- The Israelites lusted for the fleshpots of Egypt; the answer gave them, flesh, but also leanness of soul
- Martha and Mary asked Jesus to come and heal their brother Lazarus; Jesus delayed, but raised Lazarus from the dead
- Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed; the answer was a promise of grace to endure it
In Behalf of Nations
- Penitential
- Of David
- Of the tax collector
See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, blow
- Imprecatory
Numbers 16:15; Numbers 22:6-11; Numbers 23:7-8; Numbers 24:9-10; Deuteronomy 11:29-30; Deuteronomy 27:11-13; Deuteronomy 33:11; Joshua 8:33-34; Judges 16:28; 2 Samuel 16:10-12; Nehemiah 4:4-5; Nehemiah 5:13; Job 3:1-10; Job 27:7; Psalms 5:10; Psalms 6:10; Psalms 9:20; Psalms 10:2,15; Psalms 25:3; Psalms 28:4; Psalms 31:17-18; Psalms 35:4,8,26; Psalms 40:14-15; Psalms 54:5; Psalms 55:9,15; Psalms 56:7; Psalms 58:7; Psalms 59:5,11,15; Psalms 68:1-2; Psalms 69:23-24,27-28; Psalms 70:2-3; Psalms 71:13; Psalms 79:10,12; Psalms 83:13-17; Psalms 94:2; Psalms 109:7,9-20,28-29; Psalms 119:78,84; Psalms 129:5; Psalms 140:9-10; Psalms 143:12; Psalms 144:6; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 12:3; Jeremiah 15:15; Jeremiah 17:18; Jeremiah 18:21-23; Jeremiah 20:12; Lamentations 1:22; Lamentations 3:64-66; Galatians 1:8-9; 2 Timothy 4:14-15
- Submission in, exemplified by Jesus
- David
- Job
- Private, enjoined
- Exemplified by
- Eliezer
- Jacob
- Gideon
- Hannah
- David
- Hezekiah
- Isaiah
- Manasseh
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Jeremiah
- Daniel
- Jonah
- Habakkuk
- Anna
- Jesus
- Paul
- Peter
- Cornelius
- Family
- By Abraham
- By Jacob
- By Cornelius
- Social
Matthew 18:19; Acts 1:13-14; Acts 16:25; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5
- Held in private houses
- Held in the temple
- Of Jesus
- On a mountain
- In the garden of Gethsemane
- The Lord's prayer
- However, see
- Before daylight
- In distress
- In the wilderness
- In behalf of Peter
- For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come
- After the supper
- Of the apostles
- To idols
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Genesis 32:24-28; Hosea 12:4; 1 Chronicles 16:11,35; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Nehemiah 4:9; Psalms 27:8; Psalms 105:3-4; Psalms 145:18; Proverbs 15:8; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Isaiah 55:6; Lamentations 3:41; Zechariah 12:10; Matthew 6:5-13; Matthew 7:7-8; Matthew 21:22; Mark 9:28-29; Mark 11:24; Luke 11:1-13; Luke 18:1; Romans 8:26; 1 Corinthians 14:15; Ephesians 3:11-12; Ephesians 6:18-19; Philippians 4:6; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18; 1 Timothy 2:8; Hebrews 4:16; James 5:16; Jude 1:20; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3-4
- ANSWER TO, PROMISE
Exodus 6:5; Exodus 22:23,27; Exodus 33:17-20; Deuteronomy 4:7,29-31; 1 Kings 8:22,53; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 7:13-15; Job 8:5-6; Job 12:4; Job 22:27; Job 33:26; Psalms 9:10,12; Psalms 10:17; Psalms 18:3; Psalms 32:6; Psalms 34:15,17; Psalms 37:4-5; Psalms 38:15; Psalms 50:14-15; Psalms 55:16-17; Psalms 56:9; Psalms 65:2,5; Psalms 69:33; Psalms 81:10; Psalms 86:5-7; Psalms 91:15; Psalms 102:17-20; Psalms 145:18-19; Proverbs 2:3,5; Proverbs 3:6; Proverbs 10:24; Proverbs 15:8,29; Proverbs 16:1; Isaiah 19:20; Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 65:24; Jeremiah 29:12-13; Jeremiah 31:9; Jeremiah 33:3; Lamentations 3:25; Ezekiel 36:37; Joel 2:18-19,32; Amos 5:4-6; Zephaniah 2:3; Zechariah 10:1,6; Zechariah 13:9; Matthew 6:5-13; Matthew 7:7-11; Matthew 18:19-20; Matthew 21:22; Mark 11:24-25; Luke 11:5-13; Luke 18:1-8; Luke 21:36; John 4:10,23-24; John 9:31; John 14:13-14; John 15:7,16; John 16:23-24,26-27; Acts 7:34; Acts 22:16; Romans 8:26; Romans 10:12-13; Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 3:20; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:22-23; Hebrews 11:6; James 1:5-7; James 4:8,10; James 5:16; 1 John 3:22; 1 John 5:14-15
- ANSWERED
Job 34:28; Psalms 3:4; Psalms 4:1; Psalms 6:8-9; Psalms 18:6; Psalms 21:2,4; Psalms 22:4-5,24; Psalms 28:6; Psalms 30:2-3; Psalms 31:22; Psalms 34:4-6; Psalms 40:1; Psalms 66:19-20; Psalms 77:1-2; Psalms 81:7; Psalms 99:6-8; Psalms 106:44; Psalms 107:6-7,13-20; Psalms 116:1-2; Psalms 118:5,21; Psalms 119:26; Psalms 120:1; Psalms 138:3; Lamentations 3:57-58; Hosea 12:4; Jonah 2:1-2,7; Luke 23:42-43; Acts 4:31; 2 Corinthians 12:8-9; James 5:17-18
- INSTANCES OF ANSWERED
- Cain
- Abraham, for a son
- Abraham entreating
- For Sodom
- For Ishmael
- For Abimelech
- Hagar, for deliverance
- Abraham's servant, for guidance
- Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy
- Jacob, for deliverance from Esau
- Moses, for help at the Red Sea
- Moses, at the waters of Marah
- Moses, at Mount Horeb
- Moses, in the battle with the Amalekites
- Moses, concerning the complaint of the Israelites for meat
- Moses, on behalf of Miriam's leprosy
- Moses, Aaron, and Samuel
- Israelites for deliverance
- From bondage
- From Pharaoh's army
- From the king of Mesopotamia
- Sisera
- Ammon
- For God's favor under the reproofs of Azariah
- From Babylonian bondage
- Gideon, asking for the token of dew
- Manoah, asking about Samson
- Samson, asking for strength
- Hannah, asking to give birth to a child
- David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into his Hands
- David, asking about Ziklag
- David, asking whether he should go into Judah after Saul's Death
- David, asking whether he should go to war against the Philistines
- David, in adversity
- Solomon, asking for wisdom
- Elijah, raising the widow's son
- Elijah, calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice
- Elijah, asking for rain
- Elisha, leading the Syrian army
- Jabez, asking for prosperity
- Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam
- Asa, for victory over Zerah
- The people of Judah
- Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites
- Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael
- Priests and Levites, when blessing the people
- Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib
- To save Hezekiah's life
- Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon
- The Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites
- The Jews, returning from the captivity
- Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction Changed
- Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream
- Daniel, interceding for the people
- Daniel, in a vision
- Zacharias, for a son
- The leper, for healing
- Centurion, for his servant
- Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to life
- The disciples, for Peter
- Paul, to be restored to health
- INSTANCES OF ANSWERED
- CONFESSION IN
Leviticus 5:5; Leviticus 26:40; Numbers 5:5-7; Judges 10:10,15; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Kings 8:47; Ezra 9:6,15; Nehemiah 1:6-7; Nehemiah 9:2,33-35; Job 7:20; Job 40:4-5; Psalms 31:10; Psalms 32:3,5; Psalms 38:4-8,10,18; Psalms 40:12; Psalms 51:3-4; Psalms 69:5; Psalms 106:6-7; Psalms 119:176; Psalms 130:3; Proverbs 28:13; Isaiah 6:5; Isaiah 59:12-13; Jeremiah 3:13,25; Jeremiah 14:7,20; Lamentations 1:18; Lamentations 3:42; Lamentations 5:16; Daniel 9:5-15
- IMPORTUNITY IN
Genesis 18:23-32; Genesis 32:24-29; Exodus 32:32; Deuteronomy 9:25; Judges 6:36-40; Judges 16:28; 1 Samuel 1:10-11; 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Kings 8:22-30; Ezra 9:5-6; Nehemiah 1:4-6; Psalms 17:1,6; Psalms 22:1-2,19; Psalms 28:1-2; Psalms 35:22-23; Psalms 55:1-2,16-17; Psalms 57:2; Psalms 61:1-2; Psalms 70:5; Psalms 86:3,6; Psalms 88:1-2,9,13; Psalms 102:1-2; Psalms 119:58,145-147; Psalms 130:1-2; Psalms 141:1-2; Psalms 142:1-2; Isaiah 38:2-3; Isaiah 62:7; Isaiah 64:12; Daniel 9:3,16-19; Jonah 1:14; Habakkuk 1:2; Matthew 15:22-28; Mark 7:25-29; Luke 7:3; Luke 11:5-8; Luke 18:1-7; Luke 22:44; Romans 8:26; 2 Corinthians 12:8; Ephesians 6:18; Hebrews 5:7
- INSTANCES OF IMPORTUNITY IN
- Jacob
- Moses
- Elijah
- The two blind men of Jericho
- The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman
- The Roman centurion
- INSTANCES OF IMPORTUNITY IN
- INTERCESSORY
See INTERCESSION
- OF WICKED PEOPLE NOT HEARD
- PLEAS OFFERED IN
Genesis 32:9-12; Exodus 32:11-13; Exodus 33:13; Numbers 14:13-18; Numbers 16:22; Deuteronomy 3:24-25; Deuteronomy 9:18,25-29; Joshua 7:8-9; 2 Samuel 7:25-29; 1 Kings 8:25-26,59-60; 1 Kings 18:36-37; 2 Kings 19:15-19; 2 Chronicles 14:11; Nehemiah 1:8-9; Nehemiah 9:32; Psalms 4:1; Psalms 9:19-20; Psalms 25:6; Psalms 27:9; Psalms 31:3; Psalms 38:16; Psalms 69:6,13,16; Psalms 71:18; Psalms 74:10-11,18-23; Psalms 79:10-12; Psalms 83:1-2,18; Psalms 86:1-5,17; Psalms 89:49-51; Psalms 106:47; Psalms 109:21-27; Psalms 115:1-2; Psalms 119:38,42-43,49,73,94; Psalms 116, Psalms 124, Psalms 145, Psalms 146, Psalms 149 153,173-176(?); Psalms 143:11-12; Isaiah 37:15-20; Isaiah 63:17-19; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 18:20-21; Lamentations 3:56-63; Joel 2:17
- THANKSGIVING AND, BEFORE RECEIVING FOOD
Joshua 9:14; 1 Samuel 9:13; Matthew 14:19; Matthew 15:36; Matthew 26:26-27; Mark 6:41; Mark 8:6-7; Mark 14:22-23; Luke 9:16; Luke 22:19; John 6:11,23; Acts 27:35; Romans 14:6; 1 Corinthians 10:30-31; 1 Corinthians 11:24; 1 Timothy 4:3-5
Bible verses about “Prayer”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- 1 Kings 18:24And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
- 1 Kings 18:25And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
- 1 Kings 18:26And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
- 1 Kings 18:27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
- 1 Kings 18:28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
- 1 Kings 18:29And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
- 1 Kings 18:30And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.
- 1 Kings 18:31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
- 1 Kings 18:32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
- 1 Kings 18:33And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
- 1 Kings 18:34And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
- 1 Kings 18:35And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
- 1 Kings 18:36And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
- 1 Kings 18:37Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
- 1 Kings 18:38Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
- 1 Kings 18:39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
- Psalms 5:3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
- Psalms 88:13But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
- Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
- Isaiah 33:2O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- Psalms 88:1O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
- Psalms 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
- Daniel 6:10Now 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.
- Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17Pray without ceasing.
- Hebrews 4:16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
- Genesis 18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 18:24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
- Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- Genesis 18:26And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
- Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
- Genesis 18:28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
- Genesis 18:29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:30And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
- Genesis 18:31And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:32And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
- Exodus 33:12And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
- Exodus 33:18And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
- Genesis 24:63And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
- Matthew 6:6But 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.