Genesis 13:4
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4 to the place where he had made an altar at the first, and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.(A)
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Jeremiah 29:12
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12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.(A)
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Genesis 12:7-8
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7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.(A) 8 From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the Lord.(B)
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Ephesians 6:18-19
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18 Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.(A) 19 Pray also for me, so that when I speak a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,[a](B)
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- 6.19 Other ancient authorities lack of the gospel
Isaiah 58:9
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9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”
If you remove the yoke from among you,
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,(A)
Zephaniah 3:9
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9 At that time I will change the speech of the peoples
to a pure speech,
that all of them may call on the name of the Lord
and serve him with one accord.(A)
Psalm 116:2
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2 Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.(A)
Psalm 65:1-2
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Psalm 65
Thanksgiving for Earth’s Bounty
To the leader. A Psalm of David. A Song.
1 Praise is due to you,
O God, in Zion,
and to you shall vows be performed,(A)
2 O you who answer prayer!
To you all flesh shall come.(B)
1 Corinthians 1:2
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2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord[a] and ours:(A)
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- 1.2 Gk theirs
Psalm 145:18
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18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.(A)
Psalm 116:17
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17 I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice
and call on the name of the Lord.(A)
Psalm 107:15
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15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wonderful works to humankind.(A)
Psalm 107:1
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Book V
(Psalms 107–150)
Psalm 107
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Many Troubles
1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever.(A)
Psalm 84:10
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10 For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness.(A)
Psalm 42:1-2
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Book II
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
Longing for God and His Help in Distress
To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites.
1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)
2 My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?(B)
Psalm 107:8
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8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wonderful works to humankind.(A)
Psalm 84:1-2
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Psalm 84
The Joy of Worship in the Temple
To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!(A)
2 My soul longs, indeed it faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God.(B)
Psalm 26:8
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8 O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell
and the place where your glory abides.(A)
Genesis 35:1-3
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Jacob Returns to Bethel
35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”(A) 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes;(B) 3 then come, let us go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”(C)
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Genesis 13:18
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18 So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks[a] of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.(A)
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- 13.18 Or terebinths
Genesis 4:26
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26 To Seth also a son was born, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to invoke the name of the Lord.(A)
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