Genesis 20:17

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Genesis 20:17

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

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And now, restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and will pray for thee, that thou mayest live. And if thou do not restore her, know that thou shalt certainly die, thou and all that is thine.

And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it kill us not, and our people. For there was deadly alarm throughout the city: the hand of God was very heavy there;

that they may present sweet odours to the God of the heavens, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did according as Jehovah had said unto them; and Jehovah accepted Job.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after him, as many as have spoken, have announced also these days.

Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Brethren, pray for us.

Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The fervent supplication of the righteous man has much power.