Nave's Topical Bible - 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 Job 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, 44-75
    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 Ac 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 NATIONS, PRAYER FOR
    Penitential . . .
  • Of David Ps 51:1-17
  • Of the tax collector Lu 18:13
    .See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, below
    .See SIN, CONFESSION OF
  • 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; 35:4, 31:17, 18; 8, 26; 40:14, 15; 54:5; 55:9, 15; 56:7; 59:5, 58:7; 11, 15; 69:23, 24, 68:1, 2; 27, 28; 70:2, 3; 71:13; 79:10, 12; 83:13-17; 109:7, 9-20, 94:2; 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; Joe 2:18, Eze 36:37; 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; 16:23, 24, 15:7, 16; 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; 22:4, 21:2, 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; 107:6, 106:44; 7, 13-20; 116:1, 2; 118:5, 21; 119:26; 120:1; 138:3; La 3:57, 58; Jon 2:1, Ho 12:4; 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; 38:4-8, 32:3, 5; 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; 22:1, Ps 17:1, 6; 2, 19; 28:1, 2; 55:1, 2, 35:22, 23; 16, 17; 57:2; 61:1, 2; 70:5; 88:1, 2, 86:3, 6; 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 JESUS, MEDIATION OF

    -OF WICKED PEOPLE NOT HEARD
    .See WICKED, PRAYER OF

    -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; 69:6, 38:16; 13, 16; 74:10, 71:18; 11, 18-23; 83:1, 79:10-12; 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


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