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Matthew 6:7
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Matthew 6:7
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7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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Matthew 6:7
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Matthew 6:7
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7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling(A) like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.(B)
Ecclesiastes 5:2-3
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Ecclesiastes 5:2-3
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2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
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Ecclesiastes 5:2-3
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Ecclesiastes 5:2-3
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Ecclesiastes 5:7
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Ecclesiastes 5:7
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7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
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Ecclesiastes 5:7
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Ecclesiastes 5:7
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7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.(A)
1 Kings 18:26-29
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1 Kings 18:26-29
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26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
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1 Kings 18:26-29
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1 Kings 18:26-29
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26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it.
Then they called(A) on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response;(B) no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”(C) 28 So they shouted louder and slashed(D) themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. 29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice.(E) But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.(F)
Matthew 26:44
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Matthew 26:44
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44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
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Matthew 26:44
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Matthew 26:44
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44 So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
Acts 19:34
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Acts 19:34
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34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
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Acts 19:34
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Acts 19:34
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34 But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”(A)
Matthew 6:32
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Matthew 6:32
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32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
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Matthew 6:32
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32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.(A)
Matthew 26:42
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Matthew 26:42
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42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
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Matthew 26:42
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Matthew 26:42
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42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”(A)
Daniel 9:18-19
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Daniel 9:18-19
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18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
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Daniel 9:18-19
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Daniel 9:18-19
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18 Give ear,(A) our God, and hear;(B) open your eyes and see(C) the desolation of the city that bears your Name.(D) We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.(E) 19 Lord, listen! Lord, forgive!(F) Lord, hear and act! For your sake,(G) my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”
1 Kings 8:26-54
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1 Kings 8:26-54
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26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
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1 Kings 8:26-54
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1 Kings 8:26-54
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26 And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised(A) your servant David my father come true.
27 “But will God really dwell(B) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,(C) cannot contain(D) you. How much less this temple I have built! 28 Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. 29 May your eyes be open(E) toward(F) this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name(G) shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray(H) toward this place. Hear(I) from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.(J)
31 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath(K) before your altar in this temple, 32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.(L)
33 “When your people Israel have been defeated(M) by an enemy because they have sinned(N) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,(O) 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.
35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(P) because your people have sinned(Q) against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, 36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach(R) them the right way(S) to live, and send rain(T) on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.
37 “When famine(U) or plague(V) comes to the land, or blight(W) or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,(X) or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, 38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands(Y) toward this temple— 39 then hear(Z) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive(AA) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know(AB) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), 40 so that they will fear(AC) you all the time they live in the land(AD) you gave our ancestors.
41 “As for the foreigner(AE) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— 42 for they will hear(AF) of your great name and your mighty hand(AG) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know(AH) your name and fear(AI) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(AJ)
44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(AK) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.(AL)
46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(AM)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive(AN) to their own lands, far away or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead(AO) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;(AP) 48 and if they turn back(AQ) to you with all their heart(AR) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(AS) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(AT) I have built for your Name;(AU) 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;(AV) 51 for they are your people and your inheritance,(AW) whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.(AX)
52 “May your eyes be open(AY) to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.(AZ) 53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,(BA) just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
Matthew 26:39
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Matthew 26:39
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39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
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39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup(A) be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”(B)
Matthew 18:17
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Matthew 18:17
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17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
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Matthew 18:17
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Matthew 18:17
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17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church;(A) and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.(B)
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