Prayer Shield Scripture References


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The following is a sample of Biblical Scriptures on Prayer:
 
“For You, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house'; therefore, Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You.” ~ 2 Samuel 7:27
 
They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the grave of Kish his father; thus they did all that the king commanded, and after that God was moved by prayer for the land. ~ 2 Samuel 21:14
 
David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Thus, the LORD was moved by prayer for the land, and the plague was held back from Israel. ~ 2 Samuel 24:25
 
“Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today; that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, ‘My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place.’” ~ 1 Kings 8:28-29
 
When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. ~ 1 Kings 8:54
 
The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.” ~ 1 Kings 9:3
 
‘Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.' ~ 2 Kings 19:4
 
“Return and say to Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the LORD, the 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 Kings 20:5.
 
“Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You; that Your eye may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the  prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place.” ~ 2 Chronicles 6:19-20
 
“Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered  in this place.” ~ 2 Chronicles 6:40
 
Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.” ~ 2 Chronicles 7:12
 
“Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.” ~ 2 Chronicles 7:15
 
Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven. ~ 2 Chronicles 30:27
 
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh even his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are among the records of the kings of Israel. ~ 2 Chronicles 33:18
 
His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai. ~ 2 Chronicles 33:19
 
“O LORD, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name and make Your servant successful today and grant him compassion before this man.” Now I was the cupbearer to the king. ~ Nehemiah 1:11
 
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure. ~ Job 16:17
 
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer. ~ Psalm 4:1
 
In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch. ~ Psalm 5:3
 
The LORD has heard my supplication, The LORD receives my prayer. ~ Psalm 6:9
 
Hear a just cause, O LORD, give heed to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. ~ Psalm 17:1
 
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer kept returning to my bosom. ~ Psalm 35:13
 
“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers.” ~ Psalm 39:12
 
The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, a prayer to the God of my life. ~ Psalm 42:8
 
Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth. ~ Psalm 54:2
 
Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. ~ Psalm 55:1
 
Hear my cry, O God; Give heed to my prayer. ~ Psalm 61:1
 
O You who hear prayer to You all men come. ~ Psalm 65:2
 
But certainly, God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. ~ Psalm 66:19
 
Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer nor His lovingkindness from me. ~ Psalm 66:20
 
But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, answer me with Your saving truth. ~ Psalm 69:13
 
O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people? ~ Psalm 80:4
 
O LORD God of hosts hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah. ~ Psalm 84:8
 
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me; for I am afflicted and needy. ~ Psalm 86:1
 
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; and give heed to the voice of my supplications! ~ Psalm 86:6
 
Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry! ~ Psalm 88:2
 
But I, O LORD, have cried out to You for help, and in the morning my prayer comes before You. ~ Psalm 88:13
 
Hear my prayer O LORD! and let my cry for help come to You. ~ Psalm 102:1
 
He has regarded the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer. ~ Psalm 102.17
 
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. ~ James 5:16
 
The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. ~ 1 Peter 4:7
 
In return for my love they act as my accusers; but I am in prayer. ~ Psalm 109:4

May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering. ~ Psalm 141:2
 
Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds. ~ Psalm 141:5
 
Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness! ~ Psalm 143:1
 
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. ~ Proverbs 15:8
 
The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous. ~ Proverbs 15:29
 
“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.'" ~ Isaiah 38:5
 
"Even those I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” ~ Isaiah 56:7
 
You have heard my voice, “Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, from my cry for help.” ~ Lamentations 3:56
 
So, I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. ~ Daniel 9:3
 
“So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.” ~ Daniel 9:17
 
“While I was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple.” ~ Jonah 2:7
 
“But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” ~ Matthew 17:21
 
“And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” ~ Matthew 21:22
 
And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.” ~ Mark 9:29
 
And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering. ~ Luke 1:10
 
It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. ~ Luke 6:12
 
These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. ~ Act 1:14
 
They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.  ~ Act 2:4
 
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. ~ Act 3:1
 
“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” ~ Act 6:4
 
So, Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God. ~ Act 12:5
 
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled. ~ Act 16:13
 
Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. ~ Romans 10:1
 
Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ~ 1 Corinthians 7:5
 
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ~ Philippians 4:6
 
“Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.” ~ Exodus 33:13
 
Then Moses said, “I  pray You, show me Your glory!” (Exodus 33:18).
 
He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession." ~ Exodus 34:9
 
Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “O God, heal her, I pray!” ~ Numbers 12:13
 
“Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.” ~ Numbers 14:19
 
‘Let me, I pray, cross over and see the fair land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.' ~ Deuteronomy 3:25
 
Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you.” ~ 1 Samuel 7:5

Then all the people said to Samuel,  “Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king.” ~ 1 Samuel 12:19
 
“Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.” ~ 1 Samuel 12:23
 
“Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant.” And the LORD said, “He will come down.” ~ 1 Samuel 23:11
 
“For You, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house'; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You." ~ 2 Samuel 7:27
 
Now someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O LORD, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.” ~ 2 Samuel 15:31
 
“Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.” ~ 1 Kings 8:26
 
“Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive.” ~ 1 Kings 8:30
 
The king said to the man of God, “Please entreat the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So, the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before. ~ 1 Kings 13:6
 
Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, I pray You, let this child's life return to him.” ~ 1 Kings 17:21
 
Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the servant's eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. ~ 2 Kings 6:17
 
When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, “Strike this people with blindness, I pray.” So, He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. ~ 2 Kings 6:18
 
“Now, O LORD our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.” ~ 2 Kings 19:19
 
“For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build for him a house; therefore, Your servant has found courage to pray before You.” ~ 1 Chronicles 17:25
 
“Listen to the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; hear and forgive.” ~ 2 Chronicles 6:21
 
“Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.” ~ 2 Chronicles 6:40
 
“You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; and you will pay your vows.” ~ Job 22:27

Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, that he may see His face with joy, and He may restore His righteousness to man. ~ Job 33:26
 
“Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.” ~ Job 42:8
 
Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, for to You I pray. ~ Psalm 5:2
 
Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. ~ Psalm 32:6
 
So, may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; and let them pray for him continually; Let them bless him all day long. ~ Psalm 72:15
 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you." ~ Psalm 122:6
 
So, it will come about when Moab presents himself, When he wearies himself upon his high place and comes to his sanctuary to pray, that he will not prevail. ~ Isaiah 16:12

“Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; they have no knowledge, who carry about their wooden idol and pray to a god who cannot save.” ~ Isaiah 45:20
 
“As for you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with Me; for I do not hear you.” ~ Jeremiah 7:16
 
“Therefore, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster.” ~ Jeremiah 11:14
 
So, the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the welfare of this people” (Jeremiah 14:11).
 
‘Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.' ~ Jeremiah 29:7
 
‘Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.’ ~ Jeremiah 29:12
 
Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf.” ~ Jeremiah 37:3
 
Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I am going to pray to the LORD your God in accordance with your words; and I will tell you the whole message which the LORD will answer you. I will not keep back a word from you.” ~ Jeremiah 42:4
 
For you have only deceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the LORD your God, saying, “Pray for us to the LORD our God; and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us so, and we will do it.” ~ Jeremiah 42:20
 
Then they called on the LORD and said, “We earnestly pray, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man's life and do not put innocent blood on us; for You, O LORD, have done as You have pleased.” ~ Jonah 1:14
 
“When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.” ~ Matthew 6:5
 
“But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.” ~ Matthew 6:6
 
“Pray then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.’” ~ Matthew 6:9
 
After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. ~ Matthew 14:23
 
Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. ~ Matthew 19:13
 
“But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.” ~ Matthew 24:20
 
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” ~ Matthew 26:36
 
After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray. ~ Mark 6:46
 
“Therefore, I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.” ~ Mark 11:24
 
“But pray that it may not happen in the winter.” ~ Mark 13:18
 
And He went a little beyond them and fell to the ground and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by. ~ Mark 14:35
 
But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. ~ Luke 5:16
 
It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. ~ Luke 6:12
 
Some eight days after these sayings, He took along Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. ~ Luke 9:28
 
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” And He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.” ~ Luke 11:1-2
 
“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.” ~ Luke 18:10
 
When He arrived at the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” ~ Luke 22:40
 
“Therefore, repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.” ~ Act 8:22

But Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.” ~ Act 8:24
 
What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. ~ 1 Corinthians 14:15
 
Now we pray to God that you do no wrong; not that we ourselves may appear approved, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear unapproved. ~ 2 Corinthians 13:7
 
For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete. ~ 2 Corinthians 13:9
 
Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension. ~ 1 Titus 2:8
 
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. ~ Hebrews 13:18
 
Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. ~ James 5:13
 
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. ~ James 5:16
 
Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. ~ 3 John 1:2
 
All Scripture References: New American Standard Bible