1 Kings 18:42
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42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; there he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees.(A)
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Acts 10:9
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9 About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.(A)
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Luke 6:12
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Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles
12 Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.(A)
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Mark 14:35
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35 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.(A)
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Matthew 14:23
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23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,(A)
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Daniel 9:7
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7 “Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.(A)
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Daniel 9:3
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3 Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.(A)
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Isaiah 38:2
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2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord:
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Psalm 89:7
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7 a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
great and awesome[a] above all who are around him?(A)
Footnotes
- 89.7 Gk Syr: Heb greatly awesome
Ezra 9:6
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6 and said,
“O my God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.(A)
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1 Kings 19:13
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13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”(A)
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1 Kings 18:19-20
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19 Now therefore have all Israel assemble for me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”(A)
Elijah’s Triumph over the Priests of Baal
20 So Ahab sent to all the Israelites and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel.
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2 Samuel 12:16
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16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.(A)
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