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Prayer

MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS

• Prayer test proposed by Elijah
• —1Ki 18:24-39
• Daily, in the morning
• —Ps 5:3; 88:13; 143:8; Isa 33:2
• Twice daily
• —Ps 88:1
• Thrice daily
• —Ps 55:17; Da 6:10
• All night
• —Lu 6:12
• Without ceasing
• —1Th 5:17
• Boldness in
• • Enjoined
  —Heb 4:16
• Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom
• —Ge 18:23-32
• By Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering Israel
• —Ex 33:12,18
• Secret
• —Ge 24:63; Mt 6:6
• Silent
• —Ps 5:1
• Weeping in
• —Ezr 10:1
• In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah
• —1Ki 18:27
• Long
• • Of Pharisees
  —Mt 23:14
  • Of scribes
  —Mr 12:40; Lu 20:47
• Profuse, to be avoided
• —Ec 5:2; Mt 6:7
• Vain repetitions of, to be avoided
• —Mt 6:7
• Tokens asked for, as assurance of answer
• • By Abraham's servant
  —Ge 24:14
• Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece
• —Jud 6:36-40
• Rebuked
• • Of Moses, at the Red Sea
  —Ex 14:15
  • When Moses prayed to see Canaan, the promised land
  —De 3:23-27
  • Of Joshua
  —Jos 7:10
• Evils averted by
• —Jer 26:19
• Unbelief in
• —Job 21:15
• "The Lord's Prayer,"
• —Mt 6:9-13; Lu 11:2-4
• However, see
• —Joh 17:1-26
• Answer to, withheld
• • Of Balaam
  —De 23:5; Jos 24:10
  • Of Job
  —Job 30:20; with 42:12
  • Of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites
  —De 1:45
• The prayer of Jesus, "Let this cup pass away,"
• —Mt 26:39,42,44; with 26:45-75
• And
• —Mt 27
• Answer to, delayed
• —Ps 22:1,2; 40:1; 80:4; 88:14; Jer 42:7; Hab 1:2; Lu 18:7
• Answer to, exceeds petition
• • Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom,
  riches, honour, and long life—1Ki 3:7-14; 2Ch 1:10-12
• The disciples prayed for Peter; the answer included Peter's
• deliverance—Ac 12:15; with 12:5
• Answer to, different from the request
• • Moses asked to be permitted to cross the Jordan River; the
  answer was permission to view the land of promise—De 3:23-27
• The Israelites lusted for the fleshpots of Egypt; the answer
• gave them, flesh, but also leanness of soul—Ps 106:14,15
• Martha and Mary asked Jesus to come and heal their brother
• Lazarus; Jesus delayed, but raised Lazarus from the dead—Joh 11
• Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed; the
• answer was a promise of grace to endure it—2Co 12:8,9
• In Behalf of Nations
• • See PRAYER FOR
  NATIONS,
• Penitential
• • Of David
  —Ps 51:1-17
  • Of the tax collector
  —Lu 18:13
• See CONFESSION IN, below
• See CONFESSION OF
• SIN,
• Imprecatory
• —Nu 16:15; 22:6-11; 23:7,8; 24:9,10; De 11:29,30; 27:11-13; 33:11; Jos 8:33,34; Jud 16:28; 2Sa 16:10-12; Ne 4:4,5; 5:13; Job 3:1-10; 27:7; Ps 5:10; 6:10; 9:20; 10:2,15; 25:3; 28:4; 31:17,18; 35:4,8,26; 40:14,15; 54:5; 55:9,15; 56:7; 58:7; 59:5,11,15; 68:1,2; 69:23,24,27,28; 70:2,3; 71:13; 79:10,12; 83:13-17; 94:2; 109:7,9-20,28,29; 119:78,84; 129:5; 140:9,10; 143:12; 144:6; Jer 11:20; 12:3; 15:15; 17:18; 18:21-23; 20:12; La 1:22; 3:64-66; Ga 1:8,9; 2Ti 4:14,15
• Submission in, exemplified by Jesus
• —Mt 26:39; Mr 14:36; Lu 22:42
• David
• —2Sa 12:22,23
• Job
• —Job 1:20,21
• Private, enjoined
• —Mt 6:6
• Exemplified by
• • Lot
  —Ge 19:20
• Eliezer
• —Ge 24:12
• Jacob
• —Ge 32:9-12
• Gideon
• —Jud 6:22,36,39
• Hannah
• —1Sa 1:10
• David
• —2Sa 7:18-29
• Hezekiah
• —2Ki 20:2
• Isaiah
• —2Ki 20:11
• Manasseh
• —2Ch 33:18,19
• Ezra
• —Ezr 9:5,6
• Nehemiah
• —Ne 2:4
• Jeremiah
• —Jer 32:16-25
• Daniel
• —Da 9:3,19
• Jonah
• —Jon 2:1
• Habakkuk
• —Hab 1:2
• Anna
• —Lu 2:37
• Jesus
• —Mt 14:23; 26:36,39; Mr 1:35; Lu 9:18,29
• Paul
• —Ac 9:11
• Peter
• —Ac 9:40; 10:9
• Cornelius
• —Ac 10:30
• Family
• • By Abraham
  —Ge 12:5,8
• By Jacob
• —Ge 35:3
• By Cornelius
• —Ac 10:2
• Social
• —Mt 18:19; Ac 1:13,14; 16:25; 20:36; 21:5
• Held in private houses
• —Ac 1:13,14; 12:12
• Held in the temple
• —Ac 2:46; 3:1
• Of Jesus
• • On a mountain
  —Mt 14:23; Mr 6:46; Lu 6:12; 9:28
• In the garden of Gethsemane
• —Mt 26:36; Mr 14:32; Lu 22:45
• The Lord's prayer
• —Mt 6:9; Lu 11:1
• However, see
• —Joh 17:1-26
• Before daylight
• —Mr 1:35
• In distress
• —Joh 12:27; Heb 5:7
• In the wilderness
• —Lu 5:16
• In behalf of Peter
• —Lu 22:31,32
• For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come
• —Joh 14:16
• After the supper
• —Joh 17
• Of the apostles
• —Ac 1:24,25
• To idols
• —1Ki 18:26-29

UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO—Ge 32:24-28; Ho 12:4; 1Ch 16:11,35; 2Ch 7:14; Ne 4:9; Ps 27:8; 105:3,4; 145:18; Pr 15:8; Ec 5:2; Isa 55:6; La 3:41; Zec 12:10; Mt 6:5-13; 7:7,8; 21:22; Mr 9:28,29; 11:24; Lu 11:1-13; 18:1; Ro 8:26; 1Co 14:15; Eph 3:11,12; 6:18,19; Php 4:6; Col 4:2; 1Th 5:17,18; 1Ti 2:8; Heb 4:16; Jas 5:16; Jude 1:20; Re 5:8; 8:3,4

ANSWER TO, PROMISE—Ex 6:5; 22:23,27; 33:17-20; De 4:7,29-31; 1Ki 8:22,53; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 7:13-15; Job 8:5,6; 12:4; 22:27; 33:26; Ps 9:10,12; 10:17; 18:3; 32:6; 34:15,17; 37:4,5; 38:15; 50:14,15; 55:16,17; 56:9; 65:2,5; 69:33; 81:10; 86:5-7; 91:15; 102:17-20; 145:18,19; Pr 2:3,5; 3:6; 10:24; 15:8,29; 16:1; Isa 19:20; 30:19; 55:6; 58:9; 65:24; Jer 29:12,13; 31:9; 33:3; La 3:25; Eze 36:37; Joe 2:18,19,32; Am 5:4-6; Zep 2:3; Zec 10:1,6; 13:9; Mt 6:5-13; 7:7-11; 18:19,20; 21:22; Mr 11:24,25; Lu 11:5-13; 18:1-8; 21:36; Joh 4:10,23,24; 9:31; 14:13,14; 15:7,16; 16:23,24,26,27; Ac 7:34; 22:16; Ro 8:26; 10:12,13; Eph 2:18; 3:20; Heb 4:16; 10:22,23; 11:6; Jas 1:5-7; 4:8,10; 5:16; 1Jo 3:22; 5:14,15

ANSWERED—Job 34:28; Ps 3:4; 4:1; 6:8,9; 18:6; 21:2,4; 22:4,5,24; 28:6; 30:2,3; 31:22; 34:4-6; 40:1; 66:19,20; 77:1,2; 81:7; 99:6-8; 106:44; 107:6,7,13-20; 116:1,2; 118:5,21; 119:26; 120:1; 138:3; La 3:57,58; Ho 12:4; Jon 2:1,2,7; Lu 23:42,43; Ac 4:31; 2Co 12:8,9; Jas 5:17,18

• INSTANCES OF ANSWERED
• • Cain
  —Ge 4:13-15
• Abraham, for a son
• —Ge 15
• Abraham entreating
• • For Sodom
  —Ge 18:23-33
  • For Ishmael
  —Ge 17:20
  • For Abimelech
  —Ge 20:17
• Hagar, for deliverance
• —Ge 16:7-13
• Abraham's servant, for guidance
• —Ge 24:12-52
• Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy
• —Ge 25:22,23
• Jacob, for deliverance from Esau
• —Ge 32:9-32; 33:1-17
• Moses, for help at the Red Sea
• —Ex 14:15,16
• Moses, at the waters of Marah
• —Ex 15:25
• Moses, at Mount Horeb
• —Ex 17:4-6
• Moses, in the battle with the Amalekites
• —Ex 17:8-14
• Moses, concerning the complaint of the Israelites for meat
• —Nu 11:11-35
• Moses, on behalf of Miriam's leprosy
• —Nu 12:13-15
• Moses, Aaron, and Samuel
• —Ps 99:6
• Israelites for deliverance
• • From bondage
  —Ex 2:23-25; 3:7-10; Ac 7:34
  • From Pharaoh's army
  —Ex 14:10-30
  • From the king of Mesopotamia
  —Jud 3:9,15
  • Sisera
  —Jud 4:3,23,24; 1Sa 12:9-11
  • Ammon
  —Jud 10:6-18; 11:1-33
  • For God's favor under the reproofs of Azariah
  —2Ch 15:1-15
  • From Babylonian bondage
  —Ne 9:27
• Gideon, asking for the token of dew
• —Jud 6:36-40
• Manoah, asking about Samson
• —Jud 13:8,9
• Samson, asking for strength
• —Jud 16:28-30
• Hannah, asking to give birth to a child
• —1Sa 1:10-17,19,20
• David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into his
• hands—1Sa 23:10-12
• David, asking about Ziklag
• —1Sa 30:8
• David, asking whether he should go into Judah after Saul's
• death—2Sa 2:1
• David, asking whether he should go to war against the
• Philistines—2Sa 5:19-25
• David, in adversity
• —Ps 118:5; 138:3
• Solomon, asking for wisdom
• —1Ki 3:1-13; 9:2,3
• Elijah, raising the widow's son
• —1Ki 17:22
• Elijah, calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice
• —1Ki 18:36-38
• Elijah, asking for rain
• —1Ki 17:1; 18:1,42-45; Jas 5:17
• Elisha, leading the Syrian army
• —2Ki 6:17-20
• Jabez, asking for prosperity
• —1Ch 4:10
• Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam
• —2Ch 13:14-18
• Asa, for victory over Zerah
• —2Ch 14:11-15
• The people of Judah
• —2Ch 15:15
• Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites
• —2Ch 18:31; 20:6-27
• Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael
• —2Ki 13:4
• Priests and Levites, when blessing the people
• —2Ch 30:27
• Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib
• —2Ki 19:14-20; 2Ch 32:20-23
• To save Hezekiah's life
• —2Ki 20:1-7,11; 2Ch 32:24
• Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon
• —2Ch 33:13,19
• The Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites
• —1Ch 5:20
• The Jews, returning from the captivity
• —Ezr 8:21,23
• Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction
• changed—Eze 4:12-15
• Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream
• —Da 2:19-23
• Daniel, interceding for the people
• —Da 9:20-23
• Daniel, in a vision
• —Da 10:12
• Zacharias, for a son
• —Lu 1:13
• The leper, for healing
• —Mt 8:2,3; Mr 1:40-43; Lu 5:12,13
• Centurion, for his servant
• —Mt 8:5-13; Lu 7:3-10; Joh 4:50,51
• Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to life
• —Ac 9:40
• The disciples, for Peter
• —Ac 12:5-17
• Paul, to be restored to health
• —2Co 1:9-11

CONFESSION IN—Le 5:5; 26:40; Nu 5:5-7; Jud 10:10,15; 1Sa 12:10; 1Ki 8:47; Ezr 9:6,15; Ne 1:6,7; 9:2,33-35; Job 7:20; 40:4,5; Ps 31:10; 32:3,5; 38:4-8,10,18; 40:12; 51:3,4; 69:5; 106:6,7; 119:176; 130:3; Pr 28:13; Isa 6:5; 59:12,13; Jer 3:13,25; 14:7,20; La 1:18; 3:42; 5:16; Da 9:5-15

IMPORTUNITY IN—Ge 18:23-32; 32:24-29; Ex 32:32; De 9:25; Jud 6:36-40; 16:28; 1Sa 1:10,11; 12:23; 1Ki 8:22-30; Ezr 9:5,6; Ne 1:4-6; Ps 17:1,6; 22:1,2,19; 28:1,2; 35:22,23; 55:1,2,16,17; 57:2; 61:1,2; 70:5; 86:3,6; 88:1,2,9,13; 102:1,2; 119:58,145-147; 130:1,2; 141:1,2; 142:1,2; Isa 38:2,3; 62:7; 64:12; Da 9:3,16-19; Jon 1:14; Hab 1:2; Mt 15:22-28; Mr 7:25-29; Lu 7:3; 11:5-8; 18:1-7; 22:44; Ro 8:26; 2Co 12:8; Eph 6:18; Heb 5:7

• INSTANCES OF IMPORTUNITY IN
• • Jacob
  —Ge 32:24-30
• Moses
• —Ex 33:12-16; 34:9
• Elijah
• —1Ki 18:22-44
• The two blind men of Jericho
• —Mt 20:30,31; Mr 10:48; Lu 18:39
• The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman
• —Mt 15:22-28; Mr 7:25-30
• The Roman centurion
• —Mt 8:5; Lu 7:3,4

INTERCESSORY

• See
• INTERCESSION
• See MEDIATION OF
• JESUS,

OF WICKED PEOPLE NOT HEARD

• See PRAYER OF
• WICKED,

PLEAS OFFERED IN—Ge 32:9-12; Ex 32:11-13; 33:13; Nu 14:13-18; 16:22; De 3:24,25; 9:18,25-29; Jos 7:8,9; 2Sa 7:25-29; 1Ki 8:25,26,59,60; 18:36,37; 2Ki 19:15-19; 2Ch 14:11; Ne 1:8,9; 9:32; Ps 4:1; 9:19,20; 25:6; 27:9; 31:3; 38:16; 69:6,13,16; 71:18; 74:10,11,18-23; 79:10-12; 83:1,2,18; 86:1-5,17; 89:49-51; 106:47; 109:21-27; 115:1,2; 119:38,42,43,49,73,94, 116,124,145,146,149,153,173-176; 143:11,12; Isa 37:15-20; 63:17-19; Jer 14:21; 18:20,21; La 3:56-63; Joe 2:17

THANKSGIVING AND, BEFORE RECEIVING FOOD—Jos 9:14; 1Sa 9:13; Mt 14:19; 15:36; 26:26,27; Mr 6:41; 8:6,7; 14:22,23; Lu 9:16; 22:19; Joh 6:11,23; Ac 27:35; Ro 14:6; 1Co 10:30,31; 11:24; 1Ti 4:3-5