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Genesis 18:23-32
And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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Genesis 32:24-29
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
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Exodus 32:32
Yet now, if you will forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray you, out of your book which you have written.
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Deuteronomy 9:25
Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
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Judges 6:36-40
And Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,
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Judges 16:28
And Samson called to the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, I pray you, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
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1 Samuel 1:10,11
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept sore.
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1 Samuel 12:23
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
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1 Kings 8:22-30
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
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Ezra 9:5,6
And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
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Nehemiah 1:4-6
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
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Psalm 17:1,6
Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
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Psalm 22:1,2,19
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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Psalm 28:1,2
To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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Psalm 35:22,23
This you have seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
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Psalm 55:1,2,16,17
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication.
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Psalm 57:2
I will cry to God most high; to God that performes all things for me.
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Psalm 61:1,2
Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
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Psalm 70:5
But I am poor and needy: make haste to me, O God: you are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
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Psalm 86:3,6
Be merciful to me, O Lord: for I cry to you daily.
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Psalm 88:1,2,9,13
O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:
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Psalm 102:1,2
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you.
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Psalm 119:58,145-147
I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to your word.
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Psalm 130:1,2
Out of the depths have I cried to you, O LORD.
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Psalm 141:1,2
Lord, I cry to you: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to you.
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Psalm 142:1,2
I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD did I make my supplication.
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Isaiah 38:2,3
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD,
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Isaiah 62:7
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
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Isaiah 64:12
Will you refrain yourself for these things, O LORD? will you hold your peace, and afflict us very sore?
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Daniel 9:3,16-19
And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
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Jonah 1:14
Why they cried to the LORD, and said, We beseech you, O LORD, we beseech you, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood: for you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you.
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Habakkuk 1:2
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear! even cry out to you of violence, and you will not save!
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Matthew 15:22-28
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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Mark 7:25-29
For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
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Luke 7:3
And when he heard of Jesus, he sent to him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
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Luke 11:5-8
And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
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Luke 18:1-7
And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
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Luke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
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Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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2 Corinthians 12:8
For this thing I sought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
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Ephesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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Hebrews 5:7
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
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Prayer and Importunity
... VI. PRAYER AND IMPORTUNITY. ... Fire is the life of prayer, and heaven is reached
by flaming importunity rising in an ascending scale. ...
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Prayer and Importunity (Continued)
... VII. PRAYER AND IMPORTUNITY (Continued). "Two-thirds ... prevail. Moses furnishes
an illustrious example of importunity in prayer. Instead ...
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Because of his Importunity
... Our Lord Jesus thought it of such importance that we should know the need of
perseverance and importunity in prayer, that He spake two parables to teach us this ...
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Eighth Lesson. Because of his Importunity;'
... I cannot rise and give thee.' Then again the perseverance that takes no refusal:
because of his importunity.' And lastly, the reward of such prayer: he will ...
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The Insistency of Prayer
... Lose the importunity of prayer, reduce it to soliloquy, or even to colloquy, with
God, lose the real conflict of will and will, lose the habit of wrestling and ...
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The Necessity of Prayer
... IV. PRAYER AND DESIRE. V. PRAYER AND FERVENCY. VI. PRAYER AND IMPORTUNITY. VII.
PRAYER AND IMPORTUNITY (Continued). VIII. PRAYER AND CHARACTER AND CONDUCT. IX. ...
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"Because of his Importunity. "
... "BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTUNITY.". ... yet I also know, that He delights in being earnestly
entreated, and that He takes pleasure in the continuance in prayer, and in ...
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Prayer Taught and Encouraged.
... In the prayer as usually publicly repeated, the word "trespasses" is often used
in ... give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will ...
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The Syro-Phoenician Woman. (Matt. , xv. , 21; Mark, vii. , 24. ) ...
... It may be a question whether this was Christ's intention from the beginning, or
whether the woman's fervent prayer and believing importunity overcame his first ...
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Prevailing Prayer.
... In such a case no degree of desire or importunity in prayer is improper. A Christian
may come up, as it were, and take hold of the hand of God. ...
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Subtopics

Answers To Prayer: A Motive for Continued Prayer

Answers To Prayer: Abraham

Answers To Prayer: Abraham's Servant

Answers To Prayer: Apostles

Answers To Prayer: Asa

Answers To Prayer: Blind Man

Answers To Prayer: Christ Gives

Answers To Prayer: Christ Received

Answers To Prayer: Cornelius

Answers To Prayer: Daniel

Answers To Prayer: David

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who are Blood Shedders

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who are Deaf to the Cry of the Poor

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who are Hypocrites

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who are Idolaters

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who are Proud

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who are Self-Righteous

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who are the Enemies of Saints

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who are Wavering

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who: Ask Amiss

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who: Cruelly Oppress Saints

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who: Forsake God

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who: Hear not the Law

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who: Live in Sin

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who: Offer Unworthy Service to God

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who: Regard Iniquity in the Heart

Answers To Prayer: Denied to Those Who: Reject the Call of God

Answers To Prayer: Elijah

Answers To Prayer: Elisha

Answers To Prayer: Ezra

Answers To Prayer: God Gives

Answers To Prayer: Granted: Beyond Expectation

Answers To Prayer: Granted: Sometimes After Delay

Answers To Prayer: Granted: Sometimes Differently from Our Desire

Answers To Prayer: Granted: Sometimes Immediately

Answers To Prayer: Granted: Through the Grace of God

Answers To Prayer: Hannah

Answers To Prayer: Hezekiah

Answers To Prayer: Israelites

Answers To Prayer: Jabez

Answers To Prayer: Jacob

Answers To Prayer: Jehoahaz

Answers To Prayer: Jehoshaphat

Answers To Prayer: Jeremiah

Answers To Prayer: Job

Answers To Prayer: Jonah

Answers To Prayer: Lot

Answers To Prayer: Man of God

Answers To Prayer: Manasseh

Answers To Prayer: Moses

Answers To Prayer: Nehemiah

Answers To Prayer: Paul

Answers To Prayer: Paul and Silas

Answers To Prayer: Promised

Answers To Prayer: Promised Especially in Times of Trouble

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who are Poor and Needy

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who are Righteous

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Abide in Christ

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Ask According to God's Will

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Ask in Faith

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Ask in the Name of Christ

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Call Upon God in Truth

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Call Upon God Under Affliction

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Call Upon God Under Oppression

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Fear God

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Humble Themselves

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Keep God's Commandments

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Return to God

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Seek God

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Seek God With all the Heart

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Set Their Love Upon God

Answers To Prayer: Received by Those Who: Wait Upon God

Answers To Prayer: Refusal of Elders of Israel

Answers To Prayer: Refusal of Pharisees

Answers To Prayer: Refusal of Saul

Answers To Prayer: Saints are Assured of

Answers To Prayer: Saints: Bless God For

Answers To Prayer: Saints: Love God For

Answers To Prayer: Saints: Praise God For

Answers To Prayer: Samson

Answers To Prayer: Samuel

Answers To Prayer: Solomon

Answers To Prayer: The Christians

Answers To Prayer: Thief on the Cross

Answers To Prayer: Zacharias

Intercessory Prayer by Ministers for Their People

Intercessory Prayer: Abraham

Intercessory Prayer: Abraham's Servant

Intercessory Prayer: Beneficial to the offerer

Intercessory Prayer: Christ Set an Example of

Intercessory Prayer: Church of Jerusalem

Intercessory Prayer: Commanded

Intercessory Prayer: Daniel

Intercessory Prayer: David

Intercessory Prayer: Elisha

Intercessory Prayer: Encouragement To

Intercessory Prayer: Epaphras

Intercessory Prayer: Ezekiel

Intercessory Prayer: Hezekiah

Intercessory Prayer: Isaiah

Intercessory Prayer: Moses

Intercessory Prayer: Nehemiah

Intercessory Prayer: Paul

Intercessory Prayer: Peter and John

Intercessory Prayer: Philemon

Intercessory Prayer: Samuel

Intercessory Prayer: Seek an Interest In

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: All in Authority

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: All Men

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: All Saints

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Children

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Enemies Among Whom we Dwell

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Fellow-Countrymen

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Friends

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Kings

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Masters

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Ministers

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Persecutors

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Servants

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: The Church

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: The Sick

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Those Who Envy Us

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Those Who Forsake Us

Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Those Who Murmur Against God

Intercessory Prayer: Sin of Neglecting

Intercessory Prayer: Solomon

Intercessory Prayer: Stephen

Intercessory Prayer: Unavailing for the Obstinately-Impenitent

Prayer

Prayer and Fasting

Prayer by Abraham

Prayer by Abraham's Servant

Prayer by Cornelius

Prayer by Jacob

Prayer by Moses, Supplicating for Assistance in Delivering Israel

Prayer for Healing

Prayer for Mercy and Grace to Help in Time of Need

Prayer for Spiritual Blessings

Prayer for Temporal Blessings

Prayer for the Comforter (The Holy Spirit) to Come

Prayer in a Loud Voice, Satirized by Elijah

Prayer in Behalf of Peter

Prayer in Distress

Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane

Prayer in the Wilderness

Prayer is Described as Beseeching the Lord

Prayer is Described as Bowing the Knees

Prayer is Described as Calling Upon the Name of the Lord

Prayer is Described as Crying to God

Prayer is Described as Crying to Heaven

Prayer is Described as Drawing Near to God

Prayer is Described as Lifting up the Heart

Prayer is Described as Lifting up the Soul

Prayer is Described as Looking Up

Prayer is Described as Making Supplication

Prayer is Described as Pouring out the Heart

Prayer is Described as Pouring out the Soul

Prayer is Described as Seeking the Face of the Lord

Prayer is Described as Seeking to God

Prayer of Balaam

Prayer of David

Prayer of Habakkuk

Prayer of Job

Prayer of Joseph

Prayer of Joshua

Prayer of Manasses

Prayer of Moses, at the Red Sea

Prayer of Pharisees

Prayer of Scribes

Prayer of the Apostles

Prayer of the Israelites, when Attacked by the Amorites

Prayer of the Righteous, Avails Much

Prayer of the Tax Collector

Prayer of the Upright, a Delight to God

Prayer without Ceasing

Prayer:

Prayer: "The Lord's Prayer"

Prayer: Acceptable Through Christ

Prayer: Accompanied With: Confession

Prayer: Accompanied With: Fasting

Prayer: Accompanied With: Praise

Prayer: Accompanied With: Repentance

Prayer: Accompanied With: Self-Abasement

Prayer: Accompanied With: Thanksgiving

Prayer: Accompanied With: Watchfulness

Prayer: Accompanied With: Weeping

Prayer: After the Supper

Prayer: All Night

Prayer: An Evidence of Conversion

Prayer: Anna

Prayer: Answer To, Delayed

Prayer: Answer To, Promise

Prayer: Answered

Prayer: Answered for Abimelech

Prayer: Answered for God's Favor Under the Reproofs of Azariah

Prayer: Answered for Ishmael

Prayer: Answered for Sodom

Prayer: Answered: Abijah, for Victory Over Jeroboam

Prayer: Answered: Abraham, for a Son

Prayer: Answered: Abraham's Servant, for Guidance

Prayer: Answered: Ammon

Prayer: Answered: Asa, for Victory Over Zerah

Prayer: Answered: Cain

Prayer: Answered: Centurion, for his Servant

Prayer: Answered: Daniel, for the Interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars Dream

Prayer: Answered: Daniel, in a Vision

Prayer: Answered: Daniel, Interceding for the People

Prayer: Answered: David, Asking About Ziklag

Prayer: Answered: David, Asking Whether he should Go Into Judah After Saul's Death

Prayer: Answered: David, Asking Whether he should Go to War Against the Philistines

Prayer: Answered: David, Asking Whether Keilah Would be Delivered Into his Hands

Prayer: Answered: David, in Adversity

Prayer: Answered: Elijah, Asking for Rain

Prayer: Answered: Elijah, Calling for Fire to Come Down Upon his Sacrifice

Prayer: Answered: Elijah, Raising the Widow's Son

Prayer: Answered: Elisha, Leading the Syrian Army

Prayer: Answered: Ezekiel, to Have the Baking of his Bread of Affliction Changed

Prayer: Answered: from Babylonian Bondage

Prayer: Answered: from Bondage

Prayer: Answered: from Pharaoh's Army

Prayer: Answered: from the King of Mesopotamia

Prayer: Answered: Gideon, Asking for the Token of Dew

Prayer: Answered: Hagar, for Deliverance

Prayer: Answered: Hannah, Asking to Give Birth to a Child

Prayer: Answered: Hezekiah and Isaiah, for Deliverance from Sennacherib

Prayer: Answered: Jabez, Asking for Prosperity

Prayer: Answered: Jacob, for Deliverance from Esau

Prayer: Answered: Jehoahaz, for Victory Over Hazael

Prayer: Answered: Jehoshaphat, for Victory Over the Canaanites

Prayer: Answered: Manasseh, for Deliverance from the King of Babylon

Prayer: Answered: Manoah, Asking About Samson

Prayer: Answered: Moses, Aaron, and Samuel

Prayer: Answered: Moses, at Mount Horeb

Prayer: Answered: Moses, at the Waters of Marah

Prayer: Answered: Moses, Concerning the Complaint of the Israelites for Meat

Prayer: Answered: Moses, for Help at the Red Sea

Prayer: Answered: Moses, in the Battle With the Amalekites

Prayer: Answered: Moses, on Behalf of Miriam's Leprosy

Prayer: Answered: Paul, to be Restored to Health

Prayer: Answered: Peter, Asking T

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