Ezra 9:5
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Ezra’s Prayer
5 At the evening sacrifice I got up from my fasting, with my garments and my mantle torn, and fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the Lord my God,(A)
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1 Kings 8:54
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Solomon Blesses the Assembly
54 Now when Solomon finished offering all this prayer and this plea to the Lord, he arose from facing the altar of the Lord, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven;
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1 Kings 8:38
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38 whatever prayer, whatever plea there is from any individual or from all your people Israel, all knowing the suffering of their own hearts so that they stretch out their hands toward this house;
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1 Kings 8:22
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Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication
22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands to heaven.(A)
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Exodus 9:33
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33 So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the earth.
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Exodus 9:29
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29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s.(A)
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Ephesians 3:14
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Prayer for the Readers
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,[a]
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- 3.14 Other ancient authorities add of our Lord Jesus Christ
Psalm 143:6
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6 I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah(A)
Psalm 141:2
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2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you
and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.(A)
Psalm 95:6
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6 O come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!(A)
2 Chronicles 6:13
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13 Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.(A)
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Acts 21:5
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5 When our days there were ended, we left and proceeded on our journey, and all of them, with wives and children, escorted us outside the city. There we knelt down on the beach and prayed(A)
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Luke 22:41
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41 Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.(A)
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