1 Kings 8:38
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38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands(A) toward this temple—
Philippians 4:6
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6 Do not be anxious about anything,(A) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.(B)
Amos 7:1-6
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Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line
7 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:(A) He was preparing swarms of locusts(B) after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2 When they had stripped the land clean,(C) I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive?(D) He is so small!(E)”
3 So the Lord relented.(F)
“This will not happen,” the Lord said.(G)
4 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;(H) it dried up the great deep and devoured(I) the land. 5 Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(J)”
6 So the Lord relented.(K)
“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(L)
Psalm 73:21-22
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1 Kings 8:22
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Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication(A)
22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands(B) toward heaven
Joel 2:17
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Isaiah 37:15-21
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15 And Hezekiah prayed(A) to the Lord: 16 “Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, enthroned(B) between the cherubim,(C) you alone are God(D) over all the kingdoms(E) of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.(F) 17 Give ear, Lord, and hear;(G) open your eyes, Lord, and see;(H) listen to all the words Sennacherib(I) has sent to ridicule(J) the living God.(K)
18 “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.(L) 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire(M) and destroyed them,(N) for they were not gods(O) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(P) 20 Now, Lord our God, deliver(Q) us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth(R) may know that you, Lord, are the only God.[a](S)”
Sennacherib’s Fall(T)
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz(U) sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:20 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kings 19:19); Masoretic Text you alone are the Lord
Isaiah 37:4
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4 It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(A) the living God,(B) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(C) Therefore pray(D) for the remnant(E) that still survives.”
Isaiah 1:15
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Proverbs 14:10
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10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
and no one else can share its joy.
Psalm 142:3-5
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Psalm 91:15
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15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.(A)
Psalm 50:15
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Psalm 42:11
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11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.(A)
Psalm 42:9
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Psalm 42:6
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2 Chronicles 20:5-13
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5 Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the Lord in the front of the new courtyard 6 and said:
“Lord, the God of our ancestors,(A) are you not the God who is in heaven?(B) You rule over all the kingdoms(C) of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.(D) 7 Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land(E) before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?(F) 8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary(G) for your Name, saying, 9 ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine,(H) we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’
10 “But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt;(I) so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. 11 See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession(J) you gave us as an inheritance. 12 Our God, will you not judge them?(K) For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.(L)”
13 All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the Lord.
Psalm 32:3-4
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Footnotes
- Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.
Job 7:11
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2 Chronicles 6:29
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29 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple—
Romans 7:24
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24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(A)
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