Bible Cross References
Confess
Genesis 41:9
And the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, this day I remember my fault:
Genesis 41:10
when Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.
2 Samuel 19:19
and said to the king, Let not my lord now impute iniquity, and remember not all the iniquity of your servant in the day in which my lord went out from Jerusalem, so that the king should mind it.
Matthew 3:6
and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew 18:15-17
15
"And if your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have won your brother.
16
But if he does not hear, take along with you one or two more, so that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.'
17
But if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the assembly. But if he refuses even to hear the assembly, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.
Luke 7:3
And when he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him that He might come and heal his servant.
Luke 7:4
And when they came to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying he was worthy for whom He should grant this,
Acts 19:18
And many of those who had believed were coming, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
pray
Colossians 1:9
On account of this we also, since the day we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1 Thessalonians 5:17
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now [may] the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:25
Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live commendably.
that
Genesis 20:17
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.
2 Chronicles 30:20
And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Luke 9:6
As they went out, they were going about village by village, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
Acts 10:38
Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
The effectual
Genesis 18:23-32
23
And Abraham drew near and said, Would You destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?
24
Should there be fifty righteous in the city, will You destroy them? Will You not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?
25
Far be it from You to do such at thing, so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26
And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.
27
And Abraham answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am [but] dust and ashes.
28
But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, will You destroy the whole city because of the five that are lacking? And He said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.
29
And he continued to speak to Him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And He said, I will not destroy it for the forty's sake.
30
And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I shall speak? But if there be found there thirty? And He said, I will not destroy it for the thirty's sake.
31
And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And He said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.
32
And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I speak yet once [more]? But if there should be found there ten? And He said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
Genesis 19:29
And it came to pass, that when God destroyed all the cities of the region round about, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when the Lord overthrew those cities in which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 20:7
But now return the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and [he] shall pray for you, and you shall live; but if you restore her not, know that you and all yours shall die.
Genesis 20:17
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.
Genesis 32:28
And He said to him, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and shall be mighty with men.
Exodus 9:28
Pray then for me to the Lord, and let Him cause the thundering of God to cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and you shall remain no longer.
Exodus 9:29
And Moses said to him, When I have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thundering shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord's.
Exodus 9:33
And Moses went forth from Pharaoh out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth.
Exodus 17:11
And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalek prevailed.
Exodus 32:10-14
10
Now therefore let Me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make you a great nation.
11
And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Why, O Lord, are You very angry with Your people, whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with Your mighty arm?
12
[Take heed] lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent He brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from Your wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of Your people,
13
remembering Abraham and Isaac and Jacob Your servants, to whom You have sworn by Yourself, and have spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which You spoke of to give to them, so that they shall possess it forever.
14
And the Lord was prevailed upon to preserve His people.
Numbers 11:2
And the people cried to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched.
Numbers 14:13-20
13
And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for You have brought up this people from them by Your might.
14
Moreover all the inhabitants of this land have heard that You are Lord in the midst of this people, who, O Lord, are seen [by them] face to face, and Your cloud rests upon them, and You go before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire.
15
And [if] You shall destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard Your name shall speak, saying,
16
Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land which He swore to them, He has overthrown them in the wilderness.
17
And now, O Lord, let Your strength be exalted, as You spoke, saying,
18
The Lord [is] longsuffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and He shall by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.
19
Forgive this people their sin according to Your great mercy, as You were favorable to them from Egypt until now.
20
And the Lord said to Moses, I am gracious to them according to your word.
Numbers 21:7-9
7
And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against you: pray therefore to the Lord, and let Him take away the serpent from us.
8
And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make for yourself a serpent, and put it on a staff; and it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man, everyone [so] bitten that looks upon it shall live.
9
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a staff. And it came to pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the bronze serpent, he lived.
Deuteronomy 9:18-20
18
And I made my petition before the Lord as also at the first forty days and forty nights: I ate no bread and drank no water, on account of all your sins which you sinned in doing evil before the Lord God, to provoke Him.
19
And I was greatly terrified because of the wrath and anger, because the Lord was provoked with you utterly, to destroy you; yet the Lord hearkened to me at this time also.
20
And He was angry with Aaron to destroy him utterly, and I prayed for Aaron also at that time.
Joshua 10:12
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite into the power of Israel, when He destroyed them in Gibeon, and they were destroyed from before the children of Israel. And Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gibeon, and the moon over against the Valley of Aijalon.
1 Samuel 12:18
And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day. And all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.
1 Kings 13:6
And King Jeroboam said to the man of God, Intreat the Lord your God, and let my hand be restored to me. And the man of God intreated the Lord, and He restored the king's hand to him, and it became as before.
1 Kings 17:18-24
18
And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come in to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to slay my son?
19
And Elijah said to the woman, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and laid him on the bed.
20
And Elijah cried aloud and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, You have brought tragedy [for her] in slaying her son.
21
And he breathed on the child three times, and called on the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let the soul of this child return to him, I pray.
22
And it was so, and the child cried out,
23
and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, See, your son lives.
24
And the woman said to Elijah, Behold, I know that you [are] a man of God, and the word of the Lord in your mouth [is] true.
2 Kings 4:33-35
33
And Elisha went into the house, and shut the door upon themselves, the two, and prayed to the Lord.
34
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands, and bowed himself upon him, and the flesh of the child grew warm.
35
And he returned, and walked up and down in the house. And he went up, and bowed himself on the child seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
2 Kings 19:15-20
15
and said, O Lord God of Israel, that dwells over the cherubim, You are the only God in all the kingdoms of the earth; You have made heaven and earth.
16
Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear: open Your eyes and see, O Lord; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
17
For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations,
18
and have cast their gods into the fire: because they are no gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.
19
And now, O Lord our God, deliver us out of his hand, and all the kingdoms of the earth shall know that You alone [are] the Lord God.
20
And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: I have heard your prayer to Me concerning Sennacherib king of the Assyrians.
2 Kings 20:2-5
2
And Hezekiah turned to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
3
O Lord, remember, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in Your eyes. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.
4
And Isaiah was in the middle court, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
5
Turn back, and you shall say to Hezekiah the ruler of My people, Thus says the Lord God of your father David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 14:11
And Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, it is not impossible with You to save by many or by few: strengthen us, O Lord our God; for we trust in You, and in Your name we have come up against this great multitude. O Lord our God, let not man prevail against You.
2 Chronicles 14:12
And the Lord struck the Ethiopians before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles 32:20-22
20
And King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz prayed concerning these things, and they cried to heaven.
21
And the Lord sent an angel, and He destroyed every mighty man and warrior, and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria; and he returned with shame of face to his own land and came into the house of his god. And [some] of his own offspring killed him with the sword.
22
So the Lord delivered Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria, and out of the hand of all [his enemies], and gave them rest round about.
Job 42:8
Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and he shall offer a burnt offering for you. And My servant Job shall pray for you, for I will only accept him: for but his sake, I would have destroyed you, for you have not spoken the truth against My servant Job.
Psalm 10:17
The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: Your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;
Psalm 10:18
to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth. [In the Septuagint, Psalms 9 and 10 are combined, and the Psalm numbers differ from this point on. [The Apostles' Bible] follows the traditional Psalm divisions, to avoid confusion.]
Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears [are open] to their prayer;
Psalm 145:18
The Lord is near to all that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth.
Psalm 145:19
He will perform the desire of them that fear Him: and He will hear their supplication, and save them.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord, but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable to Him.
Proverbs 15:29
God is far from the ungodly, but He hears the prayers of the righteous. [ 15:29A] Better are small receipts with righteousness, than abundant fruits with unrighteousness. [ 15:29B] Let the heart of a man think justly, that his steps may be rightly ordered of God.
Proverbs 28:9
He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has made his prayer abominable.
Jeremiah 15:1
And the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before My face, My soul could not be toward them: dismiss this people, and let them go forth.
Jeremiah 29:12
And pray to Me, and I will hearken to you; and you shall earnestly seek Me, and you shall find Me;
Jeremiah 29:13
for you shall seek Me with your whole heart.
Jeremiah 33:3
Cry out to Me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great and mighty things, which you know not.
Daniel 2:18-23
18
And they sought mercies from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19
Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision; and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, and said,
20
May the name of God be blessed from everlasting to everlasting; for wisdom and understanding are His.
21
And He changes times and seasons; He appoints kings, and removes [them], giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding.
22
He reveals deep and secret [things]; knowing what is in darkness, and the light is with Him.
23
I give thanks to You, and praise [You], O God of my fathers, for You have given me wisdom and power, and have made known to me the things which we asked of You; and You have made known to me the king's vision.
Daniel 9:20-22
20
And while I was yet speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins and the sins of my people Israel, and bringing my pitiful case before the Lord my God concerning the holy mountain;
21
yes, while I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, [came] flying, and he touched me about the hour of the evening sacrifice.
22
And he instructed me, and spoke with me, and said, O Daniel, I have now come forth to impart to you understanding.
Hosea 12:3
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labors he had power with God.
Hosea 12:4
And he prevailed with the Angel and was strong. They wept, and entreated Me: they found Me in the house of On, and there [a word] was spoken to them.
Matthew 7:7-11
7
"Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
8
For everyone that asks receives, and he that seeks finds, and to him that knocks, it shall be opened.
9
Or what man is there among you who, if his son should ask for bread, will give to him a stone?
10
And if he should ask for a fish, he will give to him a serpent?
11
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, by how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Matthew 21:22
And all things, as many as you may ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive."
Luke 11:11-13
11
And which father among you, if his son asks for bread, will he give him a stone? Or [if he asks for] a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?
12
Or if he asks for an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
13
If you then, being evil, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, by how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"
Luke 18:1-8
1
Then He spoke a parable to them, that one must always pray and not lose heart,
2
saying: "A certain judge was in a certain city, who did not fear God nor have regard for men.
3
Now there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give justice to me against my adversary.'
4
And he did not want to for a time; but afterward he said within himself, 'although I do not fear God, nor have regard for man,
5
yet because this widow bothers me I will give justice to her, lest she wear me out by forever coming to me.'"
6
Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said.
7
And God, shall He not execute justice for His own elect, who cry out day and night to Him, and yet He is patient with them?
8
I tell you that He will execute justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
John 9:31
Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.
Acts 4:24-31
24
So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one mind and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
25
who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, and the people conspired vain things?
26
The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were assembled together against the LORD and against His Christ.'
27
"For truly they were assembled against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,
28
to do all that Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to come to pass.
29
Now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
30
by extending Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may occur through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus."
31
And when they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Acts 12:5-11
5
Therefore Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer was being made by the church to God [on] behalf of him.
6
But when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that night Peter was sleeping, between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains; and guards before the door were keeping the prison.
7
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood [there], and a light shined in the prison room; and striking the side of Peter, he roused him saying, "Arise quickly!" And his chains fell away from his hands.
8
And the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals"; and he did so. And he said to him, "Put on your cloak and follow me."
9
And going out, he was following him, and did not know that the thing taking place by the angel was true, but he was thinking that he was seeing a vision.
10
And going though the first and the second guard [posts], they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which was opened to them of its own accord; and going out, they went forward one street, and immediately the angel withdrew from him.
11
And Peter, having come to himself, said, "Now I know truly that the Lord has sent forth His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jews."
1 John 3:22
And whatever we should ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and we do the things pleasing before Him.
a righteous
Romans 3:10
Just as it is written: "There is none righteous, no not one,
Romans 5:19
For through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One many shall be constituted righteous.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying concerning his gifts; and through it, although he died, he still speaks.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, having being warned [By God] concerning the things not yet seen, being reverent, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, through which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.