656 verses contain “pray” (in the KJV: 617, in the BSB: 315) — showing 601–656
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When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the Lord hear?
So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?
He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will hear the prayer of the oppressed.
He that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour, and his prayer shall reach unto the clouds.
O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God.
And above all this pray to the most High, that he will direct thy way in truth.
My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.
He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and will pray before the most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, and make supplication for his sins.
When the great Lord will, he shall be filled with the spirit of understanding: he shall pour out wise sentences, and give thanks unto the Lord in his prayer.
Then lifted I up my supplications from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.
I will praise thy name continually, and will sing praises with thanksgiving; and so my prayer was heard:
When I was yet young, or ever I went abroad, I desired wisdom openly in my prayer.
I prayed for her before the temple, and will seek her out even to the end.
And pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his son, that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven:
Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.
Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away:
I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.
Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,
Then was the congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselves together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel.
Thou, O Lord, didst choose this house to be called by thy name, and to be a house of prayer and petition for thy people:
But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men, and there he prayed, saying,
Now Jonathan had sent his brother John, a captain of the people, to pray his friends the Nabathites, that they might leave with them their carriage, which was much.
Then Jonathan rent his clothes, and cast earth upon his head, and prayed.
We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and other convenient days, do remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in our prayers, as reason is, and as it becometh us to think upon our brethren:
And hear your prayers, and be at one with you, and never forsake you in time of trouble.
And now we be here praying for you.
And as when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the sacrifices: even so prayed Solomon also, and the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offerings.
Then straightways certain of Heliodorus’ friends prayed Onias, that he would call upon the most High to grant him his life, who lay ready to give up the ghost.
Wherefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus apart, prayed, him to get Onias into his hands; who being persuaded thereunto, and coming to Onias in deceit, gave him his right hand with oaths; and though he were suspected by him, yet persuaded he him to come forth of the sanctuary: whom forthwith he shut up without regard of justice.
Wherefore every man prayed that that apparition might turn to good.
Therefore I pray and request you to remember the benefits that I have done unto you generally, and in special, and that every man will be still faithful to me and my son.
So after the prayer they took their weapons, and went on further from the city: and when they drew near to their enemies, they kept by themselves.
Betook themselves unto prayer, and besought him that the sin committed might wholly be put out of remembrance. Besides, that noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forsomuch as they saw before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that were slain.
For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
He prayed him also to take a wife, and to beget children: so he married, was quiet, and took part of this life.
Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the prophet of God.