Ezra 9:5
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5 At the time of the sacrifice, I stood up from where I had sat in mourning with my clothes torn. I fell to my knees and lifted my hands to the Lord my God.
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1 Kings 8:54
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The Dedication of the Temple
54 When Solomon finished making these prayers and petitions to the Lord, he stood up in front of the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands raised toward heaven.
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1 Kings 8:38
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38 and if your people Israel pray about their troubles, raising their hands toward this Temple,
1 Kings 8:22
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Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication
22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire community of Israel. He lifted his hands toward heaven,
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Exodus 9:33
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33 So Moses left Pharaoh’s court and went out of the city. When he lifted his hands to the Lord, the thunder and hail stopped, and the downpour ceased.
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Exodus 9:29
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29 “All right,” Moses replied. “As soon as I leave the city, I will lift my hands and pray to the Lord. Then the thunder and hail will stop, and you will know that the earth belongs to the Lord.
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Ephesians 3:14
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Paul’s Prayer for Spiritual Growth
14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,[a]
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- 3:14 Some manuscripts read the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Psalm 143:6
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6 I lift my hands to you in prayer.
I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
Psalm 141:2
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2 Accept my prayer as incense offered to you,
and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
Psalm 95:6
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6 Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,
2 Chronicles 6:13
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13 Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7 1⁄2 feet long, 7 1⁄2 feet wide, and 4 1⁄2 feet high[a] and had placed it at the center of the Temple’s outer courtyard. He stood on the platform, and then he knelt in front of the entire community of Israel and lifted his hands toward heaven.
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- 6:13 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters] long, 5 cubits wide, and 3 cubits [1.4 meters] high.
Acts 21:5
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5 When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including women[a] and children, left the city and came down to the shore with us. There we knelt, prayed,
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- 21:5 Or wives.
Luke 22:41
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41 He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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