Bible Cross References
Confess
Genesis 41:9
Then the wine steward said to the king, "I must confess today that I have done wrong.
Genesis 41:10
You were angry with the chief baker and me, and you put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard.
2 Samuel 19:19
and said, "Your Majesty, please forget the wrong I did that day you left Jerusalem. Don't hold it against me or think about it any more.
Matthew 3:6
They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan.
Matthew 18:15-17
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"If your brother sins against you, go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your brother back.
16
But if he will not listen to you, take one or two other persons with you, so that 'every accusation may be upheld by the testimony of two or more witnesses,' as the scripture says.
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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.
Luke 7:3
When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his servant.
Luke 7:4
They came to Jesus and begged him earnestly, "This man really deserves your help.
Acts 19:18
Many of the believers came, publicly admitting and revealing what they had done.
pray
Colossians 1:9
For this reason we have always prayed for you, ever since we heard about you. We ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will, with all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives.
1 Thessalonians 5:17
pray at all times,
1 Thessalonians 5:23
May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being---spirit, soul, and body---free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:25
Pray also for us, friends.
Hebrews 13:18
Keep on praying for us. We are sure we have a clear conscience, because we want to do the right thing at all times.
that
Genesis 20:17
Because of what had happened to Sarah, Abraham's wife, the LORD had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech's palace to have children. So Abraham prayed for Abimelech, and God healed him. He also healed his wife and his slave women, so that they could have children.
2 Chronicles 30:20
The LORD answered Hezekiah's prayer; he forgave the people and did not harm them.
Luke 9:6
The disciples left and traveled through all the villages, preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.
Acts 10:38
You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.
The effectual
Genesis 18:23-32
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Abraham approached the LORD and asked, "Are you really going to destroy the innocent with the guilty?
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If there are fifty innocent people in the city, will you destroy the whole city? Won't you spare it in order to save the fifty?
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Surely you won't kill the innocent with the guilty. That's impossible! You can't do that. If you did, the innocent would be punished along with the guilty. That is impossible. The judge of all the earth has to act justly."
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The LORD answered, "If I find fifty innocent people in Sodom, I will spare the whole city for their sake."
27
Abraham spoke again: "Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. I am only a man and have no right to say anything.
28
But perhaps there will be only forty-five innocent people instead of fifty. Will you destroy the whole city because there are five too few?" The LORD answered, "I will not destroy the city if I find forty-five innocent people."
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Abraham spoke again: "Perhaps there will be only forty." He replied, "I will not destroy it if there are forty."
30
Abraham said, "Please don't be angry, Lord, but I must speak again. What if there are only thirty?" He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty."
31
Abraham said, "Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. Suppose that only twenty are found?" He said, "I will not destroy the city if I find twenty."
32
Abraham said, "Please don't be angry, Lord, and I will speak only once more. What if only ten are found?" He said, "I will not destroy it if there are ten."
Genesis 19:29
But when God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot was living, he kept Abraham in mind and allowed Lot to escape to safety.
Genesis 20:7
But now, give the woman back to her husband. He is a prophet, and he will pray for you, so that you will not die. But if you do not give her back, I warn you that you are going to die, you and all your people."
Genesis 20:17
Because of what had happened to Sarah, Abraham's wife, the LORD had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech's palace to have children. So Abraham prayed for Abimelech, and God healed him. He also healed his wife and his slave women, so that they could have children.
Genesis 32:28
The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel."
Exodus 9:28
Pray to the LORD! We have had enough of this thunder and hail! I promise to let you go; you don't have to stay here any longer."
Exodus 9:29
Moses said to him, "As soon as I go out of the city, I will lift up my hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the LORD.
Exodus 9:33
Moses left the king, went out of the city, and lifted up his hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder, the hail, and the rain all stopped.
Exodus 17:11
As long as Moses held up his arms, the Israelites won, but when he put his arms down, the Amalekites started winning.
Exodus 32:10-14
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Now, don't try to stop me. I am angry with them, and I am going to destroy them. Then I will make you and your descendants into a great nation."
11
But Moses pleaded with the LORD his God and said, " LORD, why should you be so angry with your people, whom you rescued from Egypt with great might and power?
12
Why should the Egyptians be able to say that you led your people out of Egypt, planning to kill them in the mountains and destroy them completely? Stop being angry; change your mind and do not bring this disaster on your people.
13
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember the solemn promise you made to them to give them as many descendants as there are stars in the sky and to give their descendants all that land you promised would be their possession forever."
14
So the LORD changed his mind and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
Numbers 11:2
The people cried out to Moses for help; he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
Numbers 14:13-20
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But Moses said to the LORD, "You brought these people out of Egypt by your power. When the Egyptians hear what you have done to your people,
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they will tell it to the people who live in this land. These people have already heard that you, LORD, are with us, that you appear in plain sight when your cloud stops over us, and that you go before us in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
15
Now if you kill all your people, the nations who have heard of your fame will say
16
that you killed your people in the wilderness because you were not able to bring them into the land you promised to give them.
17
So now, LORD, I pray, show us your power and do what you promised when you said,
18
'I, the LORD, am not easily angered, and I show great love and faithfulness and forgive sin and rebellion. Yet I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents.'
19
And now, LORD, according to the greatness of your unchanging love, forgive, I pray, the sin of these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."
20
The LORD answered, "I will forgive them, as you have asked.
Numbers 21:7-9
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The people came to Moses and said, "We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Now pray to the LORD to take these snakes away." So Moses prayed for the people.
8
Then the LORD told Moses to make a metal snake and put it on a pole, so that anyone who was bitten could look at it and be healed.
9
So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who had been bitten would look at the bronze snake and be healed.
Deuteronomy 9:18-20
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Then once again I lay face downward in the LORD's presence for forty days and nights and did not eat or drink anything. I did this because you had sinned against the LORD and had made him angry.
19
I was afraid of the LORD's fierce anger, because he was furious enough to destroy you; but once again the LORD listened to me.
20
The LORD was also angry enough with Aaron to kill him, so I prayed for Aaron at the same time.
Joshua 10:12
On the day that the LORD gave the men of Israel victory over the Amorites, Joshua spoke to the LORD. In the presence of the Israelites he said, "Sun, stand still over Gibeon; Moon, stop over Aijalon Valley."
1 Samuel 12:18
So Samuel prayed, and on that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain. Then all the people became afraid of the LORD and of Samuel,
1 Kings 13:6
King Jeroboam said to the prophet, "Please pray for me to the LORD your God, and ask him to heal my arm!" The prophet prayed to the LORD, and the king's arm was healed.
1 Kings 17:18-24
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She said to Elijah, "Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?"
19
"Give the boy to me," Elijah said. He took the boy from her arms, carried him upstairs to the room where he was staying, and laid him on the bed.
20
Then he prayed aloud, "O LORD my God, why have you done such a terrible thing to this widow? She has been kind enough to take care of me, and now you kill her son!"
21
Then Elijah stretched himself out on the boy three times and prayed, "O LORD my God, restore this child to life!"
22
The LORD answered Elijah's prayer; the child started breathing again and revived.
23
Elijah took the boy back downstairs to his mother and said to her, "Look, your son is alive!"
24
She answered, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the LORD really speaks through you!"
2 Kings 4:33-35
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He closed the door and prayed to the LORD.
34
Then he lay down on the boy, placing his mouth, eyes, and hands on the boy's mouth, eyes, and hands. As he lay stretched out over the boy, the boy's body started to get warm.
35
Elisha got up, walked around the room, and then went back and again stretched himself over the boy. The boy sneezed seven times and then opened his eyes.
2 Kings 19:15-20
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and prayed, "O LORD, the God of Israel, seated on your throne above the winged creatures, you alone are God, ruling all the kingdoms of the world. You created the earth and the sky.
16
Now, LORD, look at what is happening to us. Listen to all the things that Sennacherib is saying to insult you, the living God.
17
We all know, LORD, that the emperors of Assyria have destroyed many nations, made their lands desolate,
18
and burned up their gods---which were no gods at all, only images of wood and stone made by human hands.
19
Now, LORD our God, rescue us from the Assyrians, so that all the nations of the world will know that only you, O LORD, are God."
20
Then Isaiah sent a message telling King Hezekiah that in answer to the king's prayer
2 Kings 20:2-5
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Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed:
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"Remember, LORD, that I have served you faithfully and loyally and that I have always tried to do what you wanted me to." And he began to cry bitterly.
4
Isaiah left the king, but before he had passed through the central courtyard of the palace the LORD told him
5
to go back to Hezekiah, ruler of the LORD's people, and say to him, "I, the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and in three days you will go to the Temple.
2 Chronicles 14:11
Asa prayed to the LORD his God, "O LORD, you can help a weak army as easily as a powerful one. Help us now, O LORD our God, because we are relying on you, and in your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. LORD, you are our God; no one can hope to defeat you."
2 Chronicles 14:12
The LORD defeated the Ethiopian army when Asa and the Judean army attacked them. They fled,
2 Chronicles 32:20-22
20
Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed to God and cried out to him for help.
21
The LORD sent an angel that killed the soldiers and officers of the Assyrian army. So the emperor went back to Assyria disgraced. One day when he was in the temple of his god, some of his sons killed him with their swords.
22
In this way the LORD rescued King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the power of Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, and also from their other enemies. He let the people live in peace with all the neighboring countries.
Job 42:8
Now take seven bulls and seven rams to Job and offer them as a sacrifice for yourselves. Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer and not disgrace you the way you deserve. You did not speak the truth about me as he did."
Psalm 10:17
You will listen, O LORD, to the prayers of the lowly; you will give them courage.
Psalm 10:18
You will hear the cries of the oppressed and the orphans; you will judge in their favor, so that mortal men may cause terror no more.
Psalm 34:15
The LORD watches over the righteous and listens to their cries;
Psalm 145:18
He is near to those who call to him, who call to him with sincerity.
Psalm 145:19
He supplies the needs of those who honor him; he hears their cries and saves them.
Proverbs 15:8
The LORD is pleased when good people pray, but hates the sacrifices that the wicked bring him.
Proverbs 15:29
When good people pray, the LORD listens, but he ignores those who are evil.
Proverbs 28:9
If you do not obey the law, God will find your prayers too hateful to hear.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel were standing here pleading with me, I would not show these people any mercy. Make them go away; make them get out of my sight.
Jeremiah 29:12
Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will answer you.
Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 33:3
"Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you wonderful and marvelous things that you know nothing about.
Daniel 2:18-23
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He told them to pray to the God of heaven for mercy and to ask him to explain the mystery to them so that they would not be killed along with the other advisers in Babylon.
19
Then that same night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he praised the God of heaven:
20
"God is wise and powerful! Praise him forever and ever.
21
He controls the times and the seasons; he makes and unmakes kings; it is he who gives wisdom and understanding.
22
He reveals things that are deep and secret; he knows what is hidden in darkness, and he himself is surrounded by light.
23
I praise you and honor you, God of my ancestors. You have given me wisdom and strength; you have answered my prayer and shown us what to tell the king."
Daniel 9:20-22
20
I went on praying, confessing my sins and the sins of my people Israel and pleading with the LORD my God to restore his holy Temple.
21
While I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came flying down to where I was. It was the time for the evening sacrifice to be offered.
22
He explained, "Daniel, I have come here to help you understand the prophecy.
Hosea 12:3
Their ancestor Jacob struggled with his twin brother Esau while the two of them were still in their mother's womb; when Jacob grew up, he fought against God---
Hosea 12:4
he fought against an angel and won. He wept and asked for a blessing. And at Bethel God came to our ancestor Jacob and spoke with him.
Matthew 7:7-11
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"Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
8
For everyone who asks will receive, and anyone who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to those who knock.
9
Would any of you who are fathers give your son a stone when he asks for bread?
10
Or would you give him a snake when he asks for a fish?
11
As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
Luke 11:11-13
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Would any of you who are fathers give your son a snake when he asks for fish?
12
Or would you give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?
13
As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Luke 18:1-8
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Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.
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"In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.
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And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, 'Help me against my opponent!'
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For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or respect people,
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yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!' "
6
And the Lord continued, "Listen to what that corrupt judge said.
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Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?
8
I tell you, he will judge in their favor and do it quickly. But will the Son of Man find faith on earth when he comes?"
John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners; he does listen to people who respect him and do what he wants them to do.
Acts 4:24-31
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When the believers heard it, they all joined together in prayer to God: "Master and Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them!
25
By means of the Holy Spirit you spoke through our ancestor David, your servant, when he said, 'Why were the Gentiles furious; why did people make their useless plots?
26
The kings of the earth prepared themselves, and the rulers met together against the Lord and his Messiah.'
27
For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.
28
They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.
29
And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they have made, and allow us, your servants, to speak your message with all boldness.
30
Reach out your hand to heal, and grant that wonders and miracles may be performed through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."
31
When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim God's message with boldness.
Acts 12:5-11
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So Peter was kept in jail, but the people of the church were praying earnestly to God for him.
6
The night before Herod was going to bring him out to the people, Peter was sleeping between two guards. He was tied with two chains, and there were guards on duty at the prison gate.
7
Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood there, and a light shone in the cell. The angel shook Peter by the shoulder, woke him up, and said, "Hurry! Get up!" At once the chains fell off Peter's hands.
8
Then the angel said, "Tighten your belt and put on your sandals." Peter did so, and the angel said, "Put your cloak around you and come with me."
9
Peter followed him out of the prison, not knowing, however, if what the angel was doing was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.
10
They passed by the first guard station and then the second, and came at last to the iron gate that opens into the city. The gate opened for them by itself, and they went out. They walked down a street, and suddenly the angel left Peter.
11
Then Peter realized what had happened to him, and said, "Now I know that it is really true! The Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod's power and from everything the Jewish people expected to happen."
1 John 3:22
We receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
a righteous
Romans 3:10
As the Scriptures say: "There is no one who is righteous,
Romans 5:19
And just as all people were made sinners as the result of the disobedience of one man, in the same way they will all be put right with God as the result of the obedience of the one man.
Hebrews 11:4
It was faith that made Abel offer to God a better sacrifice than Cain's. Through his faith he won God's approval as a righteous man, because God himself approved of his gifts. By means of his faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.
Hebrews 11:7
It was faith that made Noah hear God's warnings about things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a boat in which he and his family were saved. As a result, the world was condemned, and Noah received from God the righteousness that comes by faith.