Luke 18:1
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The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought (A)always to pray and not (B)lose heart.
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Colossians 4:2
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Further Instructions
2 (A)Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it (B)with thanksgiving.
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1 Thessalonians 5:17
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17 (A)pray without ceasing,
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Romans 12:12
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12 (A)Rejoice in hope, (B)be patient in tribulation, (C)be constant in prayer.
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Philippians 4:6
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6 (A)do not be anxious about anything, (B)but in everything by prayer and supplication (C)with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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Psalm 55:16-17
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16 But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.
17 (A)Evening and (B)morning and at (C)noon
I (D)utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Luke 21:36
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36 But (A)stay awake at all times, (B)praying that you may (C)have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”
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Jeremiah 29:12
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12 (A)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, (B)and I will hear you.
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Galatians 6:9
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9 And (A)let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, (B)if we do not give up.
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Psalm 86:3
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3 (A)Be gracious to me, O Lord,
for to you do I cry all the day.
Psalm 102:17
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17 he (A)regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.
Luke 11:5-9
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5 And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? 8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything (A)because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence[a] he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9 And I tell you, (B)ask, and (C)it will be given to you; (D)seek, and you will find; (E)knock, and it will be opened to you.
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- Luke 11:8 Or persistence
2 Corinthians 4:1
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The Light of the Gospel
4 Therefore, having (A)this ministry (B)by the mercy of God,[a] we do not lose heart.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:1 Greek having this ministry as we have received mercy
Jonah 2:7
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7 When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
(A)and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
Psalm 142:5-7
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5 I cry to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my (A)refuge,
my (B)portion in (C)the land of the living.”
6 (D)Attend to my cry,
for (E)I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
(F)for they are too strong for me!
7 (G)Bring me out of prison,
that I may give thanks to your name!
The righteous will surround me,
for you will (H)deal bountifully with me.
Psalm 65:2
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Genesis 32:24-26
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24 And Jacob was left alone. And (A)a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, (B)“I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
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Hebrews 12:3-5
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Do Not Grow Weary
3 (A)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (B)fainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
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Colossians 4:12
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12 (A)Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always (B)struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand (C)mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
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Job 27:8-10
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8 (A)For what is the hope of the godless (B)when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?
9 (C)Will God hear his cry
when distress comes upon him?
10 Will he (D)take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call upon God at all times?
Genesis 32:9-12
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9 And Jacob said, (A)“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who (B)said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ 10 (C)I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for (D)I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. 12 But (E)you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”
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Psalm 27:13
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- Psalm 27:13 Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed that I would look
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