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Nave's Topical Bible - PRAYER
-MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
Prayer test proposed by Elijah
1Ki 18:24-39
Daily, in the morning
Ps 5:3;
88:13;
143:8;
Isa 33:2
Twice daily
Ps 88:1
Thrice daily
Ps 55:17;
Da 6:10
All night
Lu 6:12
Without ceasing
1Th 5:17
Boldness in . . .
Enjoined
Heb 4:16
Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom
Ge 18:23-32
By Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering Israel
Ex 33:12,
18
Secret
Ge 24:63;
Mt 6:6
Silent
Ps 5:1
Weeping in
Ezr 10:1
In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah
1Ki 18:27
Long . . .
Of Pharisees
Mt 23:14
Of scribes
Mr 12:40;
Lu 20:47
Profuse, to be avoided
Ec 5:2;
Mt 6:7
Vain repetitions of, to be avoided
Mt 6:7
Tokens asked for, as assurance of answer . . .
By Abraham's servant
Ge 24:14
Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece
Jud 6:36-40
Rebuked . . .
Of Moses, at the Red Sea
Ex 14:15
When Moses prayed to see Canaan, the promised land
De 3:23-27
Of Joshua
Jos 7:10
Evils averted by
Jer 26:19
Unbelief in
Job 21:15
"The Lord's Prayer,"
Mt 6:9-13;
Lu 11:2-4
However, see
Joh 17:1-26
Answer to, withheld . . .
Of Balaam
De 23:5;
Jos 24:10
Of Job
Job 30:20 with
Job 42:12
Of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites
De 1:45
The prayer of Jesus, "Let this cup pass away,"
Mt 26:39,
42,
44-75
And
Mt 27
Answer to, delayed
Ps 22:1,
2;
40:1;
80:4;
88:14;
Jer 42:7;
Hab 1:2;
Lu 18:7
Answer to, exceeds petition . . .
Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom, riches, honour, and long life
1Ki 3:7-14;
2Ch 1:10-12
The disciples prayed for Peter; the answer included Peter's deliverance
Ac 12:15 with
Ac 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
De 3:23-27
The Israelites lusted for the fleshpots of Egypt; the answer gave them, flesh, but also leanness of soul
Ps 106:14,
15
Martha and Mary asked Jesus to come and heal their brother Lazarus; Jesus delayed, but raised Lazarus from the dead
Joh 11
Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed; the answer was a promise of grace to endure it
2Co 12:8,
9
In Behalf of Nations . . .
.See NATIONS, PRAYER FOR
Penitential . . .
Of David
Ps 51:1-17
Of the tax collector
Lu 18:13
.See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, below
.See SIN, CONFESSION OF
Imprecatory
Nu 16:15;
22:6-11;
23:7,
8;
24:9,
10;
De 11:29,
30;
27:11-13;
33:11;
Jos 8:33,
34;
Jud 16:28;
2Sa 16:10-12;
Ne 4:4,
5;
5:13;
Job 3:1-10;
27:7;
Ps 5:10;
6:10;
9:20;
10:2,
15;
25:3;
28:4;
35:4,
31:17,
18;
8,
26;
40:14,
15;
54:5;
55:9,
15;
56:7;
59:5,
58:7;
11,
15;
69:23,
24,
68:1,
2;
27,
28;
70:2,
3;
71:13;
79:10,
12;
83:13-17;
109:7,
9-20,
94:2;
28,
29;
119:78,
84;
129:5;
140:9,
10;
143:12;
144:6;
Jer 11:20;
12:3;
15:15;
17:18;
18:21-23;
20:12;
La 1:22;
3:64-66;
Ga 1:8,
9;
2Ti 4:14,
15
Submission in, exemplified by Jesus
Mt 26:39;
Mr 14:36;
Lu 22:42
David
2Sa 12:22,
23
Job
Job 1:20,
21
Private, enjoined
Mt 6:6
Exemplified by . . .
Lot
Ge 19:20
Eliezer
Ge 24:12
Jacob
Ge 32:9-12
Gideon
Jud 6:22,
36,
39
Hannah
1Sa 1:10
David
2Sa 7:18-29
Hezekiah
2Ki 20:2
Isaiah
2Ki 20:11
Manasseh
2Ch 33:18,
19
Ezra
Ezr 9:5,
6
Nehemiah
Ne 2:4
Jeremiah
Jer 32:16-25
Daniel
Da 9:3,
19
Jonah
Jon 2:1
Habakkuk
Hab 1:2
Anna
Lu 2:37
Jesus
Mt 14:23;
26:36,
39;
Mr 1:35;
Lu 9:18,
29
Paul
Ac 9:11
Peter
Ac 9:40;
10:9
Cornelius
Ac 10:30
Family . . .
By Abraham
Ge 12:5,
8
By Jacob
Ge 35:3
By Cornelius
Ac 10:2
Social
Mt 18:19;
Ac 1:13,
14;
16:25;
20:36;
21:5
Held in private houses
Ac 1:13,
14;
12:12
Held in the temple
Ac 2:46;
3:1
Of Jesus . . .
On a mountain
Mt 14:23;
Mr 6:46;
Lu 6:12;
9:28
In the garden of Gethsemane
Mt 26:36;
Mr 14:32;
Lu 22:45
The Lord's prayer
Mt 6:9;
Lu 11:1
However, see
Joh 17:1-26
Before daylight
Mr 1:35
In distress
Joh 12:27;
Heb 5:7
In the wilderness
Lu 5:16
In behalf of Peter
Lu 22:31,
32
For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come
Joh 14:16
After the supper
Joh 17
Of the apostles
Ac 1:24,
25
To idols
1Ki 18:26-29
-UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Ge 32:24-28;
Ho 12:4;
1Ch 16:11,
35;
2Ch 7:14;
Ne 4:9;
Ps 27:8;
105:3,
4;
145:18;
Pr 15:8;
Ec 5:2;
Isa 55:6;
La 3:41;
Zec 12:10;
Mt 6:5-13;
7:7,
8;
21:22;
Mr 9:28,
29;
11:24;
Lu 11:1-13;
18:1;
Ro 8:26;
1Co 14:15;
Eph 3:11,
12;
6:18,
19;
Php 4:6;
Col 4:2;
1Th 5:17,
18;
1Ti 2:8;
Heb 4:16;
Jas 5:16;
Jude 1:20;
Re 5:8;
8:3,
4
-ANSWER TO, PROMISE
Ex 6:5;
22:23,
27;
33:17-20;
De 4:7,
29-31;
1Ki 8:22,
53;
1Ch 28:9;
2Ch 7:13-15;
Job 8:5,
6;
12:4;
22:27;
33:26;
Ps 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;
Pr 2:3,
5;
3:6;
10:24;
15:8,
29;
16:1;
Isa 19:20;
30:19;
55:6;
58:9;
65:24;
Jer 29:12,
13;
31:9;
33:3;
La 3:25;
Joe 2:18,
Eze 36:37;
19,
32;
Am 5:4-6;
Zep 2:3;
Zec 10:1,
6;
13:9;
Mt 6:5-13;
7:7-11;
18:19,
20;
21:22;
Mr 11:24,
25;
Lu 11:5-13;
18:1-8;
21:36;
Joh 4:10,
23,
24;
9:31;
14:13,
14;
16:23,
24,
15:7,
16;
26,
27;
Ac 7:34;
22:16;
Ro 8:26;
10:12,
13;
Eph 2:18;
3:20;
Heb 4:16;
10:22,
23;
11:6;
Jas 1:5-7;
4:8,
10;
5:16;
1Jo 3:22;
5:14,
15
-ANSWERED
Job 34:28;
Ps 3:4;
4:1;
6:8,
9;
18:6;
22:4,
21:2,
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;
107:6,
106:44;
7,
13-20;
116:1,
2;
118:5,
21;
119:26;
120:1;
138:3;
La 3:57,
58;
Jon 2:1,
Ho 12:4;
2,
7;
Lu 23:42,
43;
Ac 4:31;
2Co 12:8,
9;
Jas 5:17,
18
INSTANCES OF ANSWERED
Cain
Ge 4:13-15
Abraham, for a son
Ge 15
Abraham entreating . . .
For Sodom
Ge 18:23-33
For Ishmael
Ge 17:20
For Abimelech
Ge 20:17
Hagar, for deliverance
Ge 16:7-13
Abraham's servant, for guidance
Ge 24:12-52
Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy
Ge 25:22,
23
Jacob, for deliverance from Esau
Ge 32:9-32;
33:1-17
Moses, for help at the Red Sea
Ex 14:15,
16
Moses, at the waters of Marah
Ex 15:25
Moses, at Mount Horeb
Ex 17:4-6
Moses, in the battle with the Amalekites
Ex 17:8-14
Moses, concerning the complaint of the Israelites for meat
Nu 11:11-35
Moses, on behalf of Miriam's leprosy
Nu 12:13-15
Moses, Aaron, and Samuel
Ps 99:6
Israelites for deliverance . . .
From bondage
Ex 2:23-25;
3:7-10;
Ac 7:34
From Pharaoh's army
Ex 14:10-30
From the king of Mesopotamia
Jud 3:9,
15
Sisera
Jud 4:3,
23,
24;
1Sa 12:9-11
Ammon
Jud 10:6-18;
11:1-33
For God's favor under the reproofs of Azariah
2Ch 15:1-15
From Babylonian bondage
Ne 9:27
Gideon, asking for the token of dew
Jud 6:36-40
Manoah, asking about Samson
Jud 13:8,
9
Samson, asking for strength
Jud 16:28-30
Hannah, asking to give birth to a child
1Sa 1:10-17,
19,
20
David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into his hands
1Sa 23:10-12
David, asking about Ziklag
1Sa 30:8
David, asking whether he should go into Judah after Saul's death
2Sa 2:1
David, asking whether he should go to war against the Philistines
2Sa 5:19-25
David, in adversity
Ps 118:5;
138:3
Solomon, asking for wisdom
1Ki 3:1-13;
9:2,
3
Elijah, raising the widow's son
1Ki 17:22
Elijah, calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice
1Ki 18:36-38
Elijah, asking for rain
1Ki 17:1;
18:1,
42-45;
Jas 5:17
Elisha, leading the Syrian army
2Ki 6:17-20
Jabez, asking for prosperity
1Ch 4:10
Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam
2Ch 13:14-18
Asa, for victory over Zerah
2Ch 14:11-15
The people of Judah
2Ch 15:15
Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites
2Ch 18:31;
20:6-27
Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael
2Ki 13:4
Priests and Levites, when blessing the people
2Ch 30:27
Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib
2Ki 19:14-20;
2Ch 32:20-23
To save Hezekiah's life
2Ki 20:1-7,
11;
2Ch 32:24
Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon
2Ch 33:13,
19
The Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites
1Ch 5:20
The Jews, returning from the captivity
Ezr 8:21,
23
Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction changed
Eze 4:12-15
Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream
Da 2:19-23
Daniel, interceding for the people
Da 9:20-23
Daniel, in a vision
Da 10:12
Zacharias, for a son
Lu 1:13
The leper, for healing
Mt 8:2,
3;
Mr 1:40-43;
Lu 5:12,
13
Centurion, for his servant
Mt 8:5-13;
Lu 7:3-10;
Joh 4:50,
51
Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to life
Ac 9:40
The disciples, for Peter
Ac 12:5-17
Paul, to be restored to health
2Co 1:9-11
-CONFESSION IN
Le 5:5;
26:40;
Nu 5:5-7;
Jud 10:10,
15;
1Sa 12:10;
1Ki 8:47;
Ezr 9:6,
15;
Ne 1:6,
7;
9:2,
33-35;
Job 7:20;
40:4,
5;
Ps 31:10;
38:4-8,
32:3,
5;
10,
18;
40:12;
51:3,
4;
69:5;
106:6,
7;
119:176;
130:3;
Pr 28:13;
Isa 6:5;
59:12,
13;
Jer 3:13,
25;
14:7,
20;
La 1:18;
3:42;
5:16;
Da 9:5-15
-IMPORTUNITY IN
Ge 18:23-32;
32:24-29;
Ex 32:32;
De 9:25;
Jud 6:36-40;
16:28;
1Sa 1:10,
11;
12:23;
1Ki 8:22-30;
Ezr 9:5,
6;
Ne 1:4-6;
22:1,
Ps 17:1,
6;
2,
19;
28:1,
2;
55:1,
2,
35:22,
23;
16,
17;
57:2;
61:1,
2;
70:5;
88:1,
2,
86:3,
6;
9,
13;
102:1,
2;
119:58,
145-147;
130:1,
2;
141:1,
2;
142:1,
2;
Isa 38:2,
3;
62:7;
64:12;
Da 9:3,
16-19;
Jon 1:14;
Hab 1:2;
Mt 15:22-28;
Mr 7:25-29;
Lu 7:3;
11:5-8;
18:1-7;
22:44;
Ro 8:26;
2Co 12:8;
Eph 6:18;
Heb 5:7
INSTANCES OF IMPORTUNITY IN
Jacob
Ge 32:24-30
Moses
Ex 33:12-16;
34:9
Elijah
1Ki 18:22-44
The two blind men of Jericho
Mt 20:30,
31;
Mr 10:48;
Lu 18:39
The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman
Mt 15:22-28;
Mr 7:25-30
The Roman centurion
Mt 8:5;
Lu 7:3,
4
-INTERCESSORY
.See INTERCESSION
.See JESUS, MEDIATION OF
-OF WICKED PEOPLE NOT HEARD
.See WICKED, PRAYER OF
-PLEAS OFFERED IN
Ge 32:9-12;
Ex 32:11-13;
33:13;
Nu 14:13-18;
16:22;
De 3:24,
25;
9:18,
25-29;
Jos 7:8,
9;
2Sa 7:25-29;
1Ki 8:25,
26,
59,
60;
18:36,
37;
2Ki 19:15-19;
2Ch 14:11;
Ne 1:8,
9;
9:32;
Ps 4:1;
9:19,
20;
25:6;
27:9;
31:3;
69:6,
38:16;
13,
16;
74:10,
71:18;
11,
18-23;
83:1,
79:10-12;
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;
Isa 37:15-20;
63:17-19;
Jer 14:21;
18:20,
21;
La 3:56-63;
Joe 2:17
-THANKSGIVING AND, BEFORE RECEIVING FOOD
Jos 9:14;
1Sa 9:13;
Mt 14:19;
15:36;
26:26,
27;
Mr 6:41;
8:6,
7;
14:22,
23;
Lu 9:16;
22:19;
Joh 6:11,
23;
Ac 27:35;
Ro 14:6;
1Co 10:30,
31;
11:24;
1Ti 4:3-5
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