Psalm 145:18
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Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 Then you will (A)call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will (B)listen to you. 13 And (C)you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me (D)with all your heart.
Psalm 34:18
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18 (A)The Lord is near (B)to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as [a]have a contrite spirit.
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- Psalm 34:18 are crushed in spirit
Deuteronomy 4:7
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7 “For (A)what great nation is there that has (B)God[a] so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?
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- Deuteronomy 4:7 Or a god
John 4:24
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24 (A)God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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Isaiah 58:9
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9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
“If you take away the yoke from your midst,
The [a]pointing of the finger, and (A)speaking wickedness,
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- Isaiah 58:9 Lit. sending out of
John 14:23
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23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, (A)and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
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1 John 3:20-22
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20 (A)For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, (B)we have confidence toward God. 22 And (C)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments (D)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
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James 4:8
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8 (A)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (C)purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Matthew 6:5-8
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The Model Prayer(A)
5 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the [a]hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, (B)go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [b]openly. 7 And when you pray, (C)do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. (D)For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father (E)knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
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- Matthew 6:5 pretenders
- Matthew 6:6 NU omits openly
Psalm 119:2
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2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the (A)whole heart!
Psalm 17:1
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Prayer with Confidence in Final Salvation
A Prayer of David.
17 Hear a just cause, O Lord,
Attend to my cry;
Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.
Hosea 7:14
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14 (A)They did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.
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- Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. thought upon; LXX slashed themselves for (cf. 1 Kin. 18:28)
- Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX omits They rebel against Me; Vg. They departed from Me
Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Psalm 46:5
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5 God is (A)in the midst of her, she shall not be [a]moved;
God shall help her, just [b]at the break of dawn.
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- Psalm 46:5 shaken
- Psalm 46:5 Lit. at the turning of the morning
Psalm 46:1
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God the Refuge of His People and Conqueror of the Nations
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song (A)for Alamoth.
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- Psalm 46:1 An abundantly available help
Psalm 119:151
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151 You are (A)near, O Lord,
And all Your commandments are truth.
Isaiah 1:15-16
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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.
16 “Wash(C) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
(D)Cease to do evil,
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- Isaiah 1:15 Pray
- Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed
1 Kings 18:27-28
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27 And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry [a]aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.” 28 So they cried aloud, and (A)cut themselves, as was their custom, with [b]knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
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- 1 Kings 18:27 with a loud voice
- 1 Kings 18:28 swords
Matthew 23:13
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13 “But (A)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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