Bible Cross References
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1 Kings 18:26-29
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They took the bull that was brought to them, prepared it, and prayed to Baal until noon. They shouted, "Answer us, Baal!" and kept dancing around the altar they had built. But no answer came.
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At noon Elijah started making fun of them: "Pray louder! He is a god! Maybe he is day-dreaming or relieving himself, or perhaps he's gone off on a trip! Or maybe he's sleeping, and you've got to wake him up!"
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So the prophets prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed.
29
They kept on ranting and raving until the middle of the afternoon; but no answer came, not a sound was heard.
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Think before you speak, and don't make any rash promises to God. He is in heaven and you are on earth, so don't say any more than you have to.
Ecclesiastes 5:3
The more you worry, the more likely you are to have bad dreams, and the more you talk, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
Ecclesiastes 5:7
No matter how much you dream, how much useless work you do, or how much you talk, you must still stand in awe of God.
Acts 19:34
But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted together the same thing for two hours: "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"
repetitions
Matthew 26:39
He went a little farther on, threw himself face downward on the ground, and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet not what I want, but what you want."
Matthew 26:42
Once more Jesus went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cup of suffering cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done."
Matthew 26:44
Again Jesus left them, went away, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
1 Kings 8:26-54
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So now, O God of Israel, let everything come true that you promised to my father David, your servant.
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"But can you, O God, really live on earth? Not even all of heaven is large enough to hold you, so how can this Temple that I have built be large enough?
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LORD my God, I am your servant. Listen to my prayer, and grant the requests I make to you today.
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Watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray.
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Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people when they face this place and pray. In your home in heaven hear us and forgive us.
31
"When a person is accused of wronging another and is brought to your altar in this Temple to take an oath that he is innocent,
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O LORD, listen in heaven and judge your servants. Punish the guilty one as he deserves, and acquit the one who is innocent.
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"When your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and then when they turn to you and come to this Temple, humbly praying to you for forgiveness,
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listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people and bring them back to the land which you gave to their ancestors.
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"When you hold back the rain because your people have sinned against you, and then when they repent and face this Temple, humbly praying to you,
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listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of the king and of the people of Israel, and teach them to do what is right. Then, O LORD, send rain on this land of yours, which you gave to your people as a permanent possession.
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"When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or the crops are destroyed by scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when your people are attacked by their enemies, or when there is disease or sickness among them,
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listen to their prayers. If any of your people Israel, out of heartfelt sorrow, stretch out their hands in prayer toward this Temple,
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hear their prayer. Listen to them in your home in heaven, forgive them, and help them. You alone know the thoughts of the human heart. Deal with each person as he deserves,
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so that your people may obey you all the time they live in the land which you gave to our ancestors.
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"When a foreigner who lives in a distant land hears of your fame and of the great things you have done for your people and comes to worship you and to pray at this Temple,
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listen to his prayer. In heaven, where you live, hear him and do what he asks you to do, so that all the peoples of the world may know you and obey you, as your people Israel do. Then they will know that this Temple I have built is the place where you are to be worshiped.
44
"When you command your people to go into battle against their enemies and they pray to you, wherever they are, facing this city which you have chosen and this Temple which I have built for you,
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listen to their prayers. Hear them in heaven and give them victory.
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"When your people sin against you---and there is no one who does not sin---and in your anger you let their enemies defeat them and take them as prisoners to some other land, even if that land is far away,
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listen to your people's prayers. If there in that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O LORD.
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If in that land they truly and sincerely repent and pray to you as they face toward this land which you gave to our ancestors, this city which you have chosen, and this Temple which I have built for you,
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then listen to their prayers. In your home in heaven hear them and be merciful to them.
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Forgive all their sins and their rebellion against you, and make their enemies treat them with kindness.
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They are your own people, whom you brought out of Egypt, that blazing furnace.
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"Sovereign LORD, may you always look with favor on your people Israel and their king, and hear their prayer whenever they call to you for help.
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You chose them from all the peoples to be your own people, as you told them through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt."
54
After Solomon had finished praying to the LORD, he stood up in front of the altar, where he had been kneeling with uplifted hands.
Daniel 9:18
Listen to us, O God; look at us and see the trouble we are in and the suffering of the city that bears your name. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done right.
Daniel 9:19
Lord, hear us. Lord, forgive us. Lord, listen to us, and act! In order that everyone will know that you are God, do not delay! This city and these people are yours."
the heathen
Matthew 6:32
(These are the things the pagans are always concerned about.) Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.
Matthew 18:17
And if he will not listen to them, then tell the whole thing to the church. Finally, if he will not listen to the church, treat him as though he were a pagan or a tax collector.