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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Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.(A) 13 When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,(B)
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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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Proverbs 15:29
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29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
but he hears the prayer of the righteous.(A)
John 9:31
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31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.(A)
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1 Peter 2:24
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24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,[a] so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds[b] you have been healed.(A)
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Psalm 34:15
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15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.(A)
Jeremiah 33:3
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3 Call to me, and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.(A)
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Matthew 7:7-11
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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) 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.(B) 9 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for bread, would give a stone? 10 Or if the child asked for a fish, would give a snake? 11 If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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1 John 3:22
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22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.(A)
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Daniel 9:20-22
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The Seventy Weeks
20 While I was speaking and was praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God on behalf of the holy mountain of my God,(A) 21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen before in a vision, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.(B) 22 He came[a] and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come out to give you wisdom and understanding.
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- 9.22 Gk Syr: Heb He made to understand
Psalm 145:18-19
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18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.(A)
19 He fulfills the desire of all who fear him;
he also hears their cry and saves them.(B)
Acts 19:18
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18 Also many of those who became believers confessed and disclosed their practices.
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Luke 11:11-13
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11 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for[a] a fish, would give a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if the child asked for an egg, would give a scorpion? 13 If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit[b] to those who ask him!”
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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)
Psalm 10:17-18
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17 O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear(A)
18 to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed,
so that those from earth may strike terror no more.[a](B)
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- 10.18 Meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Thessalonians 5:17
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17 pray without ceasing,
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Job 42:8
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8 Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering, and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has done.”(A)
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Numbers 11:2
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2 But the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire abated.(A)
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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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Hebrews 12:13
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13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.(A)
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Proverbs 28:9
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9 When one will not listen to the law,
even one’s prayers are an abomination.(A)
Luke 18:1-8
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The Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge
18 Then Jesus[a] told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’ ”[b] 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 8 I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
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Matthew 3:6
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6 and they were baptized by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.(A)
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2 Kings 20:2-5
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2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.(A) 4 Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him, 5 “Turn back and say to Hezekiah prince of my people: Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; indeed, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.(B)
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