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• MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
  • Prayer test proposed by Elijah
    1 Kings 18:24-39
  • Daily, in the morning
    Psalm 5:3; 88:13; 143:8; Isaiah 33:2
  • Twice daily
    Psalm 88:1
  • Thrice daily
    Psalm 55:17; Daniel 6:10
  • All night
    Luke 6:12
  • Without ceasing
    1 Thessalonians 5:17
  • Boldness in
    • Enjoined
      Hebrews 4:16
  • Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom
    Genesis 18:23-32
  • By Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering Israel
    Exodus 33:12,18
  • Secret
    Genesis 24:63; Matthew 6:6
  • Silent
    Psalm 5:1
  • Weeping in
    Ezra 10:1
  • In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah
    1 Kings 18:27
  • Long
    • Of Pharisees
      Matthew 23:14
    • Of scribes
      Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47
  • Profuse, to be avoided
    Ecclesiastes 5:2; Matthew 6:7
  • Vain repetitions of, to be avoided
    Matthew 6:7
  • Tokens asked for, as assurance of answer
    • By Abraham's servant
      Genesis 24:14
  • Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece
    Judges 6:36-40
  • Rebuked
    • Of Moses, at the Red Sea
      Exodus 14:15
    • When Moses prayed to see Canaan, the promised land
      Deuteronomy 3:23-27
    • Of Joshua
      Joshua 7:10
  • Evils averted by
    Jeremiah 26:19
  • Unbelief in
    Job 21:15
  • "The Lord's Prayer,"
    Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4
  • However, see
    John 17:1-26
  • Answer to, withheld
    • Of Balaam
      Deuteronomy 23:5; Joshua 24:10
    • Of Job
      Job 30:20; 42:12
    • Of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites
      Deuteronomy 1:45
  • The prayer of Jesus, "Let this cup pass away,"
    Matthew 26:39,42,44; 26:45-75
  • And
    Matthew 27
  • Answer to, delayed
    Psalm 22:1,2; 40:1; 80:4; 88:14; Jeremiah 42:7; Habakkuk 1:2; Luke 18:7
  • Answer to, exceeds petition
    • Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom, riches, honour, and long life
      1 Kings 3:7-14; 2 Chronicles 1:10-12
  • The disciples prayed for Peter; the answer included Peter's deliverance
    Acts 12:15; 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
      Deuteronomy 3:23-27
  • The Israelites lusted for the fleshpots of Egypt; the answer gave them, flesh, but also leanness of soul
    Psalm 106:14,15
  • Martha and Mary asked Jesus to come and heal their brother Lazarus; Jesus delayed, but raised Lazarus from the dead
    John 11
  • Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed; the answer was a promise of grace to endure it
    2 Corinthians 12:8,9
  • In Behalf of Nations
  • See NATIONS, PRAYER FOR
  • Penitential
    • Of David
      Psalm 51:1-17
    • Of the tax collector
      Luke 18:13
  • See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, blow
  • See SIN, CONFESSION OF
  • Imprecatory
    Numbers 16:15; 22:6-11; 23:7,8; 24:9,10; Deuteronomy 11:29,30; 27:11-13; 33:11; Joshua 8:33,34; Judges 16:28; 2 Samuel 16:10-12; Nehemiah 4:4,5; 5:13; Job 3:1-10; 27:7; Psalm 5:10; 6:10; 9:20; 10:2,15; 25:3; 28:4; 31:17,18; 35:4,8,26; 40:14,15; 54:5; 55:9,15; 56:7; 58:7; 59:5,11,15; 68:1,2; 69:23,24,27,28; 70:2,3; 71:13; 79:10,12; 83:13-17; 94:2; 109:7,9-20,28,29; 119:78,84; 129:5; 140:9,10; 143:12; 144:6; Jeremiah 11:20; 12:3; 15:15; 17:18; 18:21-23; 20:12; Lamentations 1:22; 3:64-66; Galatians 1:8,9; 2 Timothy 4:14,15
  • Submission in, exemplified by Jesus
    Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42
  • David
    2 Samuel 12:22,23
  • Job
    Job 1:20,21
  • Private, enjoined
    Matthew 6:6
  • Exemplified by
    • Lot
      Genesis 19:20
  • Eliezer
    Genesis 24:12
  • Jacob
    Genesis 32:9-12
  • Gideon
    Judges 6:22,36,39
  • Hannah
    1 Samuel 1:10
  • David
    2 Samuel 7:18-29
  • Hezekiah
    2 Kings 20:2
  • Isaiah
    2 Kings 20:11
  • Manasseh
    2 Chronicles 33:18,19
  • Ezra
    Ezra 9:5,6
  • Nehemiah
    Nehemiah 2:4
  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah 32:16-25
  • Daniel
    Daniel 9:3,19
  • Jonah
    Jonah 2:1
  • Habakkuk
    Habakkuk 1:2
  • Anna
    Luke 2:37
  • Jesus
    Matthew 14:23; 26:36,39; Mark 1:35; Luke 9:18,29
  • Paul
    Acts 9:11
  • Peter
    Acts 9:40; 10:9
  • Cornelius
    Acts 10:30
  • Family
    • By Abraham
      Genesis 12:5,8
  • By Jacob
    Genesis 35:3
  • By Cornelius
    Acts 10:2
  • Social
    Matthew 18:19; Acts 1:13,14; 16:25; 20:36; 21:5
  • Held in private houses
    Acts 1:13,14; 12:12
  • Held in the temple
    Acts 2:46; 3:1
  • Of Jesus
    • On a mountain
      Matthew 14:23; Mark 6:46; Luke 6:12; 9:28
  • In the garden of Gethsemane
    Matthew 26:36; Mark 14:32; Luke 22:45
  • The Lord's prayer
    Matthew 6:9; Luke 11:1
  • However, see
    John 17:1-26
  • Before daylight
    Mark 1:35
  • In distress
    John 12:27; Hebrews 5:7
  • In the wilderness
    Luke 5:16
  • In behalf of Peter
    Luke 22:31,32
  • For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come
    John 14:16
  • After the supper
    John 17
  • Of the apostles
    Acts 1:24,25
  • To idols
    1 Kings 18:26-29

• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
  Genesis 32:24-28; Hosea 12:4; 1 Chronicles 16:11,35; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Nehemiah 4:9; Psalm 27:8; 105:3,4; 145:18; Proverbs 15:8; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Isaiah 55:6; Lamentations 3:41; Zechariah 12:10; Matthew 6:5-13; 7:7,8; 21:22; Mark 9:28,29; 11:24; Luke 11:1-13; 18:1; Romans 8:26; 1 Corinthians 14:15; Ephesians 3:11,12; 6:18,19; Philippians 4:6; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17,18; 1 Timothy 2:8; Hebrews 4:16; James 5:16; Jude 1:20; Revelation 5:8; 8:3,4

• ANSWER TO, PROMISE
  Exodus 6:5; 22:23,27; 33:17-20; Deuteronomy 4:7,29-31; 1 Kings 8:22,53; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 7:13-15; Job 8:5,6; 12:4; 22:27; 33:26; Psalm 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; Proverbs 2:3,5; 3:6; 10:24; 15:8,29; 16:1; Isaiah 19:20; 30:19; 55:6; 58:9; 65:24; Jeremiah 29:12,13; 31:9; 33:3; Lamentations 3:25; Ezekiel 36:37; Joel 2:18,19,32; Amos 5:4-6; Zephaniah 2:3; Zechariah 10:1,6; 13:9; Matthew 6:5-13; 7:7-11; 18:19,20; 21:22; Mark 11:24,25; Luke 11:5-13; 18:1-8; 21:36; John 4:10,23,24; 9:31; 14:13,14; 15:7,16; 16:23,24,26,27; Acts 7:34; 22:16; Romans 8:26; 10:12,13; Ephesians 2:18; 3:20; Hebrews 4:16; 10:22,23; 11:6; James 1:5-7; 4:8,10; 5:16; 1 John 3:22; 5:14,15

• ANSWERED
  Job 34:28; Psalm 3:4; 4:1; 6:8,9; 18:6; 21:2,4; 22:4,5,24; 28:6; 30:2,3; 31:22; 34:4-6; 40:1; 66:19,20; 77:1,2; 81:7; 99:6-8; 106:44; 107:6,7,13-20; 116:1,2; 118:5,21; 119:26; 120:1; 138:3; Lamentations 3:57,58; Hosea 12:4; Jonah 2:1,2,7; Luke 23:42,43; Acts 4:31; 2 Corinthians 12:8,9; James 5:17,18
  • INSTANCES OF ANSWERED
    • Cain
      Genesis 4:13-15
  • Abraham, for a son
    Genesis 15
  • Abraham entreating
    • For Sodom
      Genesis 18:23-33
    • For Ishmael
      Genesis 17:20
    • For Abimelech
      Genesis 20:17
  • Hagar, for deliverance
    Genesis 16:7-13
  • Abraham's servant, for guidance
    Genesis 24:12-52
  • Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy
    Genesis 25:22,23
  • Jacob, for deliverance from Esau
    Genesis 32:9-32; 33:1-17
  • Moses, for help at the Red Sea
    Exodus 14:15,16
  • Moses, at the waters of Marah
    Exodus 15:25
  • Moses, at Mount Horeb
    Exodus 17:4-6
  • Moses, in the battle with the Amalekites
    Exodus 17:8-14
  • Moses, concerning the complaint of the Israelites for meat
    Numbers 11:11-35
  • Moses, on behalf of Miriam's leprosy
    Numbers 12:13-15
  • Moses, Aaron, and Samuel
    Psalm 99:6
  • Israelites for deliverance
    • From bondage
      Exodus 2:23-25; 3:7-10; Acts 7:34
    • From Pharaoh's army
      Exodus 14:10-30
    • From the king of Mesopotamia
      Judges 3:9,15
    • Sisera
      Judges 4:3,23,24; 1 Samuel 12:9-11
    • Ammon
      Judges 10:6-18; 11:1-33
    • For God's favor under the reproofs of Azariah
      2 Chronicles 15:1-15
    • From Babylonian bondage
      Nehemiah 9:27
  • Gideon, asking for the token of dew
    Judges 6:36-40
  • Manoah, asking about Samson
    Judges 13:8,9
  • Samson, asking for strength
    Judges 16:28-30
  • Hannah, asking to give birth to a child
    1 Samuel 1:10-17,19,20
  • David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into his Hands
    1 Samuel 23:10-12
  • David, asking about Ziklag
    1 Samuel 30:8
  • David, asking whether he should go into Judah after Saul's Death
    2 Samuel 2:1
  • David, asking whether he should go to war against the Philistines
    2 Samuel 5:19-25
  • David, in adversity
    Psalm 118:5; 138:3
  • Solomon, asking for wisdom
    1 Kings 3:1-13; 9:2,3
  • Elijah, raising the widow's son
    1 Kings 17:22
  • Elijah, calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice
    1 Kings 18:36-38
  • Elijah, asking for rain
    1 Kings 17:1; 18:1,42-45; James 5:17
  • Elisha, leading the Syrian army
    2 Kings 6:17-20
  • Jabez, asking for prosperity
    1 Chronicles 4:10
  • Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam
    2 Chronicles 13:14-18
  • Asa, for victory over Zerah
    2 Chronicles 14:11-15
  • The people of Judah
    2 Chronicles 15:15
  • Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites
    2 Chronicles 18:31; 20:6-27
  • Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael
    2 Kings 13:4
  • Priests and Levites, when blessing the people
    2 Chronicles 30:27
  • Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib
    2 Kings 19:14-20; 2 Chronicles 32:20-23
  • To save Hezekiah's life
    2 Kings 20:1-7,11; 2 Chronicles 32:24
  • Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon
    2 Chronicles 33:13,19
  • The Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites
    1 Chronicles 5:20
  • The Jews, returning from the captivity
    Ezra 8:21,23
  • Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction Changed
    Ezekiel 4:12-15
  • Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream
    Daniel 2:19-23
  • Daniel, interceding for the people
    Daniel 9:20-23
  • Daniel, in a vision
    Daniel 10:12
  • Zacharias, for a son
    Luke 1:13
  • The leper, for healing
    Matthew 8:2,3; Mark 1:40-43; Luke 5:12,13
  • Centurion, for his servant
    Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:3-10; John 4:50,51
  • Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to life
    Acts 9:40
  • The disciples, for Peter
    Acts 12:5-17
  • Paul, to be restored to health
    2 Corinthians 1:9-11

• CONFESSION IN
  Leviticus 5:5; 26:40; Numbers 5:5-7; Judges 10:10,15; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Kings 8:47; Ezra 9:6,15; Nehemiah 1:6,7; 9:2,33-35; Job 7:20; 40:4,5; Psalm 31:10; 32:3,5; 38:4-8,10,18; 40:12; 51:3,4; 69:5; 106:6,7; 119:176; 130:3; Proverbs 28:13; Isaiah 6:5; 59:12,13; Jeremiah 3:13,25; 14:7,20; Lamentations 1:18; 3:42; 5:16; Daniel 9:5-15

• IMPORTUNITY IN
  Genesis 18:23-32; 32:24-29; Exodus 32:32; Deuteronomy 9:25; Judges 6:36-40; 16:28; 1 Samuel 1:10,11; 12:23; 1 Kings 8:22-30; Ezra 9:5,6; Nehemiah 1:4-6; Psalm 17:1,6; 22:1,2,19; 28:1,2; 35:22,23; 55:1,2,16,17; 57:2; 61:1,2; 70:5; 86:3,6; 88:1,2,9,13; 102:1,2; 119:58,145-147; 130:1,2; 141:1,2; 142:1,2; Isaiah 38:2,3; 62:7; 64:12; Daniel 9:3,16-19; Jonah 1:14; Habakkuk 1:2; Matthew 15:22-28; Mark 7:25-29; Luke 7:3; 11:5-8; 18:1-7; 22:44; Romans 8:26; 2 Corinthians 12:8; Ephesians 6:18; Hebrews 5:7
  • INSTANCES OF IMPORTUNITY IN
    • Jacob
      Genesis 32:24-30
  • Moses
    Exodus 33:12-16; 34:9
  • Elijah
    1 Kings 18:22-44
  • The two blind men of Jericho
    Matthew 20:30,31; Mark 10:48; Luke 18:39
  • The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman
    Matthew 15:22-28; Mark 7:25-30
  • The Roman centurion
    Matthew 8:5; Luke 7:3,4

• INTERCESSORY
  • See INTERCESSION
  • See JESUS, MEDIATION OF

• OF WICKED PEOPLE NOT HEARD
  • See WICKED, PRAYER OF

• PLEAS OFFERED IN
  Genesis 32:9-12; Exodus 32:11-13; 33:13; Numbers 14:13-18; 16:22; Deuteronomy 3:24,25; 9:18,25-29; Joshua 7:8,9; 2 Samuel 7:25-29; 1 Kings 8:25,26,59,60; 18:36,37; 2 Kings 19:15-19; 2 Chronicles 14:11; Nehemiah 1:8,9; 9:32; Psalm 4:1; 9:19,20; 25:6; 27:9; 31:3; 38:16; 69:6,13,16; 71:18; 74:10,11,18-23; 79:10-12; 83:1,2,18; 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; Isaiah 37:15-20; 63:17-19; Jeremiah 14:21; 18:20,21; Lamentations 3:56-63; Joel 2:17

• THANKSGIVING AND, BEFORE RECEIVING FOOD
  Joshua 9:14; 1 Samuel 9:13; Matthew 14:19; 15:36; 26:26,27; Mark 6:41; 8:6,7; 14:22,23; Luke 9:16; 22:19; John 6:11,23; Acts 27:35; Romans 14:6; 1 Corinthians 10:30,31; 11:24; 1 Timothy 4:3-5