PRAYER

• MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
  • Prayer test proposed by Elijah 1 Ki. 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; Dan. 6:10
    • All night Lk. 6:12
    • Without ceasing 1 Th. 5:17
  • Boldness in
    • Enjoined Heb. 4:16
    • Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom Gen. 18:23-32
    • By Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering Israel Ex. 33:12, 18
  • Secret Gen. 24:63; Mt. 6:6
  • Silent Ps. 5:1
  • Weeping in Ezra 10:1
    • In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah 1 Ki. 18:27
  • Long
    • Of Pharisees Mt. 23:14
    • Of scribes Mk. 12:40; Lk. 20:47
  • Profuse, to be avoided Eccl. 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 Gen. 24:14
    • Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece Judg. 6:36-40
  • Rebuked
    • Of Moses, at the Red Sea Ex. 14:15
    • When Moses prayed to see Canaan, the promised land Dt. 3:23-27
    • Of Joshua Josh. 7:10
  • Evils averted by Jer. 26:19
  • Unbelief in Job 21:15
  • "The Lord's Prayer," Mt. 6:9-13; Lk. 11:2-4
    • However, see Jn. 17:1-26
  • Answer to, withheld
    • Of Balaam Dt. 23:5; Josh. 24:10
    • Of Job Job 30:20; with 42:12
    • Of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites Dt. 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; Lk. 18:7
  • Answer to, exceeds petition
    • Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom, riches, honour, and long life 1 Ki. 3:7-14; 2 Chr. 1:10-12
    • The disciples prayed for Peter; the answer included Peter's deliverance Acts 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 Dt. 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 Jn. 11
    • Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed; the answer was a promise of grace to endure it 2 Cor. 12:8,9
  • In Behalf of Nations
    • See NATIONS, PRAYER FOR
  • Penitential
    • Of David Ps. 51:1-17
    • Of the tax collector Lk. 18:13
    • See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, below
      • See SIN, CONFESSION OF
  • Imprecatory Num. 16:15, 22:6-11, 23:7,8, 24:9,10; Dt. 11:29,30, 27:11-13, 33:11; Josh. 8:33,34; Judg. 16:28; 2 Sam. 16:10-12; Neh. 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; Lam. 1:22, 3:64-66; Gal. 1:8,9; 2 Tim. 4:14,15
  • Submission in, exemplified by Jesus Mt. 26:39; Mk. 14:36; Lk. 22:42
    • David 2 Sam. 12:22,23
    • Job Job 1:20,21
  • Private, enjoined Mt. 6:6
    • Exemplified by
      • Lot Gen. 19:20
      • Eliezer Gen. 24:12
      • Jacob Gen. 32:9-12
      • Gideon Judg. 6:22, 36, 39
      • Hannah 1 Sam. 1:10
      • David 2 Sam. 7:18-29
      • Hezekiah 2 Ki. 20:2
      • Isaiah 2 Ki. 20:11
      • Manasseh 2 Chr. 33:18,19
      • Ezra Ezra 9:5,6
      • Nehemiah Neh. 2:4
      • Jeremiah Jer. 32:16-25
      • Daniel Dan. 9:3, 19
      • Jonah Jonah 2:1
      • Habakkuk Hab. 1:2
      • Anna Lk. 2:37
      • Jesus Mt. 14:23, 26:36, 39; Mk. 1:35; Lk. 9:18, 29
      • Paul Acts 9:11
      • Peter Acts 9:40, 10:9
      • Cornelius Acts 10:30
  • Family
    • By Abraham Gen. 12:5, 8
    • By Jacob Gen. 35:3
    • By Cornelius Acts 10:2
  • Social Mt. 18:19; Acts 1:13,14, 16:25, 20:36, 21:5
    • Held in private houses Acts 1:13,14, 12:12
    • Held in the temple Acts 2:46, 3:1
  • Of Jesus
    • On a mountain Mt. 14:23; Mk. 6:46; Lk. 6:12, 9:28
    • In the garden of Gethsemane Mt. 26:36; Mk. 14:32; Lk. 22:45
    • The Lord's prayer Mt. 6:9; Lk. 11:1
      • However, see Jn. 17:1-26
    • Before daylight Mk. 1:35
    • In distress Jn. 12:27; Heb. 5:7
    • In the wilderness Lk. 5:16
    • In behalf of Peter Lk. 22:31,32
    • For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come Jn. 14:16
    • After the supper Jn. 17
  • Of the apostles Acts 1:24,25
  • To idols 1 Ki. 18:26-29
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Gen. 32:24-28; Hos. 12:4; 1 Chr. 16:11, 35; 2 Chr. 7:14; Neh. 4:9; Ps. 27:8, 105:3,4, 145:18; Pr. 15:8; Eccl. 5:2; Isa. 55:6; Lam. 3:41; Zech. 12:10; Mt. 6:5-13, 7:7,8, 21:22; Mk. 9:28,29, 11:24; Lk. 11:1-13, 18:1; Rom. 8:26; 1 Cor. 14:15; Eph. 3:11,12, 6:18,19; Phil. 4:6; Col. 4:2; 1 Th. 5:17,18; 1 Tim. 2:8; Heb. 4:16; Jas. 5:16; Jude 1:20; Rev. 5:8, 8:3,4
• ANSWER TO, PROMISE Ex. 6:5, 22:23, 27, 33:17-20; Dt. 4:7, 29-31; 1 Ki. 8:22, 53; 1 Chr. 28:9; 2 Chr. 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; Lam. 3:25; Ezek. 36:37; Joel 2:18,19, 32; Amos 5:4-6; Zeph. 2:3; Zech. 10:1, 6, 13:9; Mt. 6:5-13, 7:7-11, 18:19,20, 21:22; Mk. 11:24,25; Lk. 11:5-13, 18:1-8, 21:36; Jn. 4:10, 23,24, 9:31, 14:13,14, 15:7, 16, 16:23,24, 26,27; Acts 7:34, 22:16; Rom. 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; 1 Jn. 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; Lam. 3:57,58; Hos. 12:4; Jonah 2:1,2, 7; Lk. 23:42,43; Acts 4:31; 2 Cor. 12:8,9; Jas. 5:17,18
  • INSTANCES OF ANSWERED
    • Cain Gen. 4:13-15
    • Abraham, for a son Gen. 15
      • Abraham entreating
        • For Sodom Gen. 18:23-33
        • For Ishmael Gen. 17:20
        • For Abimelech Gen. 20:17
    • Hagar, for deliverance Gen. 16:7-13
    • Abraham's servant, for guidance Gen. 24:12-52
    • Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy Gen. 25:22,23
    • Jacob, for deliverance from Esau Gen. 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 Num. 11:11-35
      • Moses, on behalf of Miriam's leprosy Num. 12:13-15
      • Moses, Aaron, and Samuel Ps. 99:6
    • Israelites for deliverance
      • From bondage Ex. 2:23-25, 3:7-10; Acts 7:34
      • From Pharaoh's army Ex. 14:10-30
      • From the king of Mesopotamia Judg. 3:9, 15
        • Sisera Judg. 4:3, 23,24; 1 Sam. 12:9-11
        • Ammon Judg. 10:6-18, 11:1-33
      • For God's favor under the reproofs of Azariah 2 Chr. 15:1-15
      • From Babylonian bondage Neh. 9:27
    • Gideon, asking for the token of dew Judg. 6:36-40
    • Manoah, asking about Samson Judg. 13:8,9
    • Samson, asking for strength Judg. 16:28-30
    • Hannah, asking to give birth to a child 1 Sam. 1:10-17, 19,20
    • David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into his hands 1 Sam. 23:10-12
      • David, asking about Ziklag 1 Sam. 30:8
      • David, asking whether he should go into Judah after Saul's death 2 Sam. 2:1
      • David, asking whether he should go to war against the Philistines 2 Sam. 5:19-25
      • David, in adversity Ps. 118:5, 138:3
    • Solomon, asking for wisdom 1 Ki. 3:1-13, 9:2,3
    • Elijah, raising the widow's son 1 Ki. 17:22
      • Elijah, calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice 1 Ki. 18:36-38
      • Elijah, asking for rain 1 Ki. 17:1, 18:1, 42-45; Jas. 5:17
    • Elisha, leading the Syrian army 2 Ki. 6:17-20
    • Jabez, asking for prosperity 1 Chr. 4:10
    • Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam 2 Chr. 13:14-18
    • Asa, for victory over Zerah 2 Chr. 14:11-15
      • The people of Judah 2 Chr. 15:15
    • Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites 2 Chr. 18:31, 20:6-27
    • Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael 2 Ki. 13:4
    • Priests and Levites, when blessing the people 2 Chr. 30:27
    • Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib 2 Ki. 19:14-20; 2 Chr. 32:20-23
      • To save Hezekiah's life 2 Ki. 20:1-7, 11; 2 Chr. 32:24
    • Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon 2 Chr. 33:13, 19
    • The Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites 1 Chr. 5:20
    • The Jews, returning from the captivity Ezra 8:21, 23
    • Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction changed Ezek. 4:12-15
    • Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream Dan. 2:19-23
      • Daniel, interceding for the people Dan. 9:20-23
      • Daniel, in a vision Dan. 10:12
    • Zacharias, for a son Lk. 1:13
    • The leper, for healing Mt. 8:2,3; Mk. 1:40-43; Lk. 5:12,13
    • Centurion, for his servant Mt. 8:5-13; Lk. 7:3-10; Jn. 4:50,51
    • Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to life Acts 9:40
    • The disciples, for Peter Acts 12:5-17
    • Paul, to be restored to health 2 Cor. 1:9-11
• CONFESSION IN Lev. 5:5, 26:40; Num. 5:5-7; Judg. 10:10, 15; 1 Sam. 12:10; 1 Ki. 8:47; Ezra 9:6, 15; Neh. 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; Lam. 1:18, 3:42, 5:16; Dan. 9:5-15
• IMPORTUNITY IN Gen. 18:23-32, 32:24-29; Ex. 32:32; Dt. 9:25; Judg. 6:36-40, 16:28; 1 Sam. 1:10,11, 12:23; 1 Ki. 8:22-30; Ezra 9:5,6; Neh. 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; Dan. 9:3, 16-19; Jonah 1:14; Hab. 1:2; Mt. 15:22-28; Mk. 7:25-29; Lk. 7:3, 11:5-8, 18:1-7, 22:44; Rom. 8:26; 2 Cor. 12:8; Eph. 6:18; Heb. 5:7
  • INSTANCES OF IMPORTUNITY IN
    • Jacob Gen. 32:24-30
    • Moses Ex. 33:12-16, 34:9
    • Elijah 1 Ki. 18:22-44
    • The two blind men of Jericho Mt. 20:30,31; Mk. 10:48; Lk. 18:39
    • The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman Mt. 15:22-28; Mk. 7:25-30
    • The Roman centurion Mt. 8:5; Lk. 7:3,4
• INTERCESSORY
  • See INTERCESSION
  • See JESUS, MEDIATION OF
• OF WICKED PEOPLE NOT HEARD
  • See WICKED, PRAYER OF
• PLEAS OFFERED IN Gen. 32:9-12; Ex. 32:11-13, 33:13; Num. 14:13-18, 16:22; Dt. 3:24,25, 9:18, 25-29; Josh. 7:8,9; 2 Sam. 7:25-29; 1 Ki. 8:25,26, 59,60, 18:36,37; 2 Ki. 19:15-19; 2 Chr. 14:11; Neh. 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; Lam. 3:56-63; Joel 2:17
• THANKSGIVING AND, BEFORE RECEIVING FOOD Josh. 9:14; 1 Sam. 9:13; Mt. 14:19, 15:36, 26:26,27; Mk. 6:41, 8:6,7, 14:22,23; Lk. 9:16, 22:19; Jn. 6:11, 23; Acts 27:35; Rom. 14:6; 1 Cor. 10:30,31, 11:24; 1 Tim. 4:3-5