Biblical Concept: Pray

Findings:

Prayer: Angelic Conflict Vision.

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem…”

Wooden idol: “And pray to a god who cannot save.”

Jeremiah 7:16 "As for you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up cry or prayer for them, and do

not intercede with Me; for I do not hear you.

“do not pray for this people”

Jeremiah 14:11 So the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the welfare of this people.

“Do not pray for the welfare of this people.”

Jeremiah 29:7 'And seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD

on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.'

Jews: City welfare prayer versus Deuteronomy 23:20 plundering.

¹² 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jesus: “pray for those who persecute you”

Matthew 6:5 "And when you pray, you are not to be as the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in

the synagogues and on the street corners, in order to be seen by men. Truly I say to you,

they have their reward in full.

Pray to be seen by men, not.

⁶ "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your

Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

“pray, go into your inner room”

⁹ "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.

Jesus: “He went up to the mountain by Himself to pray”

Jesus’ mountain prayer pattern.

Mark 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received

them, and they shall be granted you.

Luke 5:16 But He Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.

Jesus: “He spent the whole night in prayer to God.”

²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Romans 8:26 And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray

as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; “for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too

deep for words”

Overt prayer posture.

1 Corinthians 14:13 Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

Paul to Corinthians: “this we also pray for, that you be made complete.”

Paul to Ephesians: “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened.”

Prayer, petition, pray, in Spirit, alert, perseverance, for all saints.

“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit”

Paul: “pray on my behalf” “opening of my mouth”

Paul’s Philippian prayer: abounding love, real knowledge, all discernment.

Paul’s Colossian prayer: “filled with the knowledge of His will, all spiritual wisdom and understanding,”

^NAS1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray without ceasing;

²⁵ Brethren, pray for us.

Paul Thessalonian prayer: “Worthy of your calling, goodness, work of faith with power.”

Requested Thessalonian prayer for Paul: “pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be

glorified”

“pray, lifting up holy hands”

Paul’s Philemon prayer: “faith may become effective,” “knowledge of every good thing,” “for Christ’s

sake.”

“Pray for us”

“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.”

¹⁶ Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The

effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

Apostle John: “I pray that in all respects you may prosper...”

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Pray

^NASGenesis 20:7 "Now therefore, restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."

^NASGenesis 32:11 "Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and attack me, the mothers with the children.

^NASExodus 33:13 "Now therefore, I pray Thee, if I have found favor in Thy sight, let me know Thy ways, that I may know Thee, so that I may find favor in Thy sight. Consider too, that this nation is Thy people."

¹⁸ Then Moses said, "I pray Thee, show me Thy glory!"

^NASExodus 34:9 And he said, "If now I have found favor in Thy sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate; and do Thou pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Thine own possession."

^NASNumbers 12:13 And Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "O God, heal her, I pray!"

^NASNumbers 14:17 "But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as Thou hast declared,

¹⁹ "Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, just as Thou also hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."

^NASDeuteronomy 3:25 'Let me, I pray, cross over and see the fair land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.'

^NAS1 Samuel 7:5 Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you."

^NAS1 Samuel 12:19 Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king."

²³ "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

^NAS1 Samuel 23:11 "Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Thy servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Thy servant." And the LORD said, "He will come down."

^NAS2 Samuel 7:27 "For Thou, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, hast made a revelation to Thy servant, saying, 'I will build you a house'; therefore Thy servant has found courage to pray this prayer to Thee.

^NAS2 Samuel 15:31 Now someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O LORD, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness."

^NAS1 Kings 8:26 "Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Thy word, I pray Thee, be confirmed which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, my father David.

²⁹ that Thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which Thou hast said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this place.

³⁰ "And listen to the supplication of Thy servant and of Thy people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place; hear and forgive.

³³ "When Thy people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against Thee, if they turn to Thee again and confess Thy name and pray and make supplication to Thee in this house,

³⁵ "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against Thee, and they pray toward this place and confess Thy name and turn from their sin when Thou dost afflict them,

⁴⁴ "When Thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way Thou shalt send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which Thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for Thy name,

⁴⁸ if they return to Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to Thee toward their land which Thou hast given to their fathers, the city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name;

^NAS1 Kings 13:6 And the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please entreat the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

^NAS1 Kings 17:21 Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to the LORD, and said, "O LORD my God, I pray Thee, let this child's life return to him."

^NAS2 Kings 6:17 Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (Prayer: Angelic Conflict Vision.)

¹⁸ And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Strike this people with blindness, I pray." So He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

^NAS2 Kings 19:19 "And now, O LORD our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou alone, O LORD, art God."

^NAS1 Chronicles 17:25 "For Thou, O my God, hast revealed to Thy servant that Thou wilt build for him a house; therefore Thy servant hath found courage to pray before Thee.

^NAS2 Chronicles 6:20 that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which Thou hast said that Thou wouldst put Thy name there, to listen to the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this place.

²¹ "And listen to the supplications of Thy servant and of Thy people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear Thou from Thy dwelling place, from heaven; hear Thou and forgive.

²⁴ "And if Thy people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against Thee, and they return to Thee and confess Thy name, and pray and make supplication before Thee in this house,

²⁶ "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against Thee, and they pray toward this place and confess Thy name, and turn from their sin when Thou dost afflict them;

³² "Also concerning the foreigner who is not from Thy people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Thy great name's sake and Thy mighty hand and Thine outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house,

³⁴ "When Thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way Thou shalt send them, and they pray to Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name,

³⁸ if they return to Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which Thou hast given to their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name,

⁴⁰ "Now, O my God, I pray Thee, let Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

^NAS2 Chronicles 7:14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

^NASEzra 6:10 that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

^NASJob 22:27 "You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; And you will pay your vows.

^NASJob 33:26 Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.

^NASJob 42:8 "Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has." (To ignorant religious comforters: “My servant Job will pray for you.”)

^NASPsalm 5:2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to Thee do I pray.

^NASPsalm 32:6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they shall not reach him.

^NASPsalm 72:15 So may he live; and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; And let them pray for him continually; Let them bless him all day long.

^NASPsalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you. (“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem…”)

^NASIsaiah 16:12 So it will come about when Moab presents himself, When he wearies himself upon his high place, And comes to his sanctuary to pray, That he will not prevail.

^NASIsaiah 45:20 "Gather yourselves and come; Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; They have no knowledge, Who carry about their wooden idol, And pray to a god who cannot save. (Wooden idol: “And pray to a god who cannot save.”)

^NASJeremiah 7:16 "As for you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with Me; for I do not hear you. (All) (“do not pray for this people”)

^NASJeremiah 11:14 "Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster.

^NASJeremiah 14:11 So the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the welfare of this people. (All) (“Do not pray for the welfare of this people.”)

^NASJeremiah 29:7 'And seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.' (All) (Jews: City welfare prayer versus Deuteronomy 23:20 plundering.)

¹² 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. (All)

^NASJeremiah 37:3 Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf."

^NASJeremiah 42:2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our petition come before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, that is for all this remnant; because we are left but a few out of many, as your own eyes now see us,

⁴ Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, "I have heard you. Behold, I am going to pray to the LORD your God in accordance with your words; and it will come about that the whole message which the LORD will answer you I will tell you. I will not keep back a word from you."

²⁰ For you have only deceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the LORD your God, saying, "Pray for us to the LORD our God; and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us so, and we will do it."

^NASJonah 1:14 Then they called on the LORD and said, "We earnestly pray, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man's life and do not put innocent blood on us; for Thou, O LORD, hast done as Thou hast pleased."

^NASMatthew 5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you (Jesus: “pray for those who persecute you”)

^NASMatthew 6:5 "And when you pray, you are not to be as the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners, in order to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. (All) (Pray to be seen by men, not.)

⁶ "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will repay you. (All) (“pray, go into your inner room”)

⁹ "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. (All)

^NASMatthew 14:23 And after He had sent the multitudes away, He went up to the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. (Jesus: “He went up to the mountain by Himself to pray”) (Jesus’ mountain prayer pattern.)

^NASMatthew 19:13 Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

^NASMatthew 24:20 "But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath;

^NASMatthew 26:36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

^NASMark 6:46 And after bidding them farewell, He departed to the mountain to pray. (Jesus’ mountain prayer pattern.)

^NASMark 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be granted you. (All)

^NASMark 13:18 "But pray that it may not happen in the winter.

^NASMark 14:35 And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground, and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by.

^NASLuke 5:16 But He Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. (All)

^NASLuke 6:12 And it was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. (Jesus: “He spent the whole night in prayer to God.”)

²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. (All)

^NASLuke 9:28 And some eight days after these sayings, it came about that He took along Peter and John and James, and went up to the mountain to pray. (Jesus’ mountain prayer pattern.)

^NASLuke 11:1 And it came about that while He was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples."

² And He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come.

^NASLuke 18:1 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,

¹⁰ "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer.

^NASLuke 22:40 And when He arrived at the place, He said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation."

⁴¹ And He withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,

⁴⁶ and said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."

^NASActs 8:22 "Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.

²⁴ But Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."

^NASActs 10:9 And on the next day, as they were on their way, and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.

^NASRomans 8:26 And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; (All) (“for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words”)

^NAS1 Corinthians 11:13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with head uncovered? (Overt prayer posture.)

^NAS1 Corinthians 14:13 Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. (All)

¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. (All)

¹⁵ What is the outcome then? I shall pray with the spirit and I shall pray with the mind also; I shall sing with the spirit and I shall sing with the mind also.

^NAS2 Corinthians 13:7 Now we pray to God that you do no wrong; not that we ourselves may appear approved, but that you may do what is right, even though we should appear unapproved.

⁹ For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete. (Paul to Corinthians: “this we also pray for, that you be made complete.”)

^NASEphesians 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, (Paul to Ephesians: “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened.”)

^NASEphesians 6:18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, (Prayer, petition, pray, in Spirit, alert, perseverance, for all saints.) (“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit”)

¹⁹ and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, (Paul: “pray on my behalf” “opening of my mouth”

^NASPhilippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, (Paul’s Philippian prayer: abounding love, real knowledge, all discernment.)

^NASColossians 1:9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, (Paul’s Colossian prayer: “filled with the knowledge of His will, all spiritual wisdom and understanding,”)

^NAS1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray without ceasing; (All)

²⁵ Brethren, pray for us. (Request prayer.)

^NAS2 Thessalonians 1:11 To this end also we pray for you always that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power; (Paul Thessalonian prayer: “Worthy of your calling, goodness, work of faith with power.”)

^NAS2 Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with you; (Requested Thessalonian prayer for Paul: “pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified”)

^NAS1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension. (“pray, lifting up holy hands”)

^NASPhilemon 1:6 and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ's sake. (Paul’s Philemon prayer: “faith may become effective,” “knowledge of every good thing,” “for Christ’s sake.”)

^NASHebrews 13:18 Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. (“Pray for us”)

^NASJames 5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.

¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; (“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.”)

¹⁶ Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. (All)

^NAS3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. (Apostle John: “I pray that in all respects you may prosper...”)

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