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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Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours."

Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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

that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!

"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Brothers, pray for us.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.