Genesis 20:17
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17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.(A)
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James 5:16
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16 Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.(A)
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Philippians 4:6
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6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.(A)
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Isaiah 45:11
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11 Thus says the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel and its Maker:
Will you question me[a] about my children
or command me concerning the work of my hands?(A)
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- 45.11 Cn: Heb Ask me of things to come
1 Thessalonians 5:25
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25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us.(A)
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Matthew 21:22
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22 Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”(A)
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Matthew 7:7
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Ask, Search, Knock
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.(A)
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Proverbs 15:8
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8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is his delight.(A)
Job 42:9-10
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9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
Job’s Fortunes Are Restored Twofold
10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.(A)
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Ezra 6:10
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10 so that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his children.(A)
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1 Samuel 5:11-12
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11 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our[a] people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there;(A) 12 those who did not die were stricken with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
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- 5.11 Heb me and my
Genesis 29:31
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31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.(A)
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Genesis 20:7
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7 Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all that are yours.”(A)
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Acts 3:24
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24 And all the prophets, as many as have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, also predicted these days.
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Proverbs 15:29
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29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
but he hears the prayer of the righteous.(A)
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