Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

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Thou teach

Psalm 25:4
Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!
Psalm 27:11
Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!
Psalm 32:8
I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.
Psalm 94:12
How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,
Psalm 119:33
(He) Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes, so that I might observe it continually.
Psalm 143:8
May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.
Isaiah 35:8
A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.
Micah 4:2
Many nations will come, saying, "Come on! Let's go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of Jacob's God, so he can teach us his commands and we can live by his laws." For Zion will be the source of instruction; the Lord's teachings will proceed from Jerusalem.

The good way

1 Samuel 12:23
As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.
2 Chronicles 6:26
"The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,
Isaiah 30:21
You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying, "This is the correct way, walk in it," whether you are heading to the right or the left.
Jeremiah 6:16
The Lord said to his people: "You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not follow it!"
Jeremiah 42:3
Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."
Matthew 22:16
They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.

Give rain

1 Kings 18:1
Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, "Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground."
Psalm 68:9
O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them,
Jeremiah 14:22
Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."
James 5:17
Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

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Jeremiah 42:3
Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."

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