Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Pray

2 Kings 20:2
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,
2 Chronicles 33:12
But when he was in distress, he sought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Psalm 6:1
O Lord, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger,
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalm 28:1
To you I call, O Lord,
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).
Psalm 30:7

By Your favor and grace, O Lord, you have made my mountain stand strong;
You hid Your face, and I was horrified.
Psalm 41:8

“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;
And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”
Psalm 50:15

Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
Psalm 91:15

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
Psalm 116:1
I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear]
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).
Isaiah 30:19
O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will most certainly be gracious to you at the sound of your cry for help; when He hears it, He will answer you.
Jeremiah 33:3
‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish.’
Jonah 2:2
and said,

“I called out of my trouble and distress to the Lord,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.
Acts 9:11
And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul; for he is praying [there],

And he shall

Job 42:8
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 [and his prayer] so that I may not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.”
Numbers 6:25

The Lord make His face shine upon you [with favor],
And be gracious to you [surrounding you with lovingkindness];
Psalm 4:6

Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!”
Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.
Psalm 16:11

You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 30:5

For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may endure for a night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 67:1
God be gracious and kind-hearted to us and bless us,
And make His face shine [with favor] on us— Selah.
Acts 2:28

You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will fill me [infusing my soul] with joy with Your presence.’
Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling or falling into sin, and to present you unblemished [blameless and faultless] in the presence of His glory with triumphant joy and unspeakable delight,

He will

Job 34:11

“For God pays a man according to his work,
And He will make every man find [appropriate] compensation according to his way.
1 Samuel 26:23
The Lord will repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord handed you over to me today, but I refused to put out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
Psalm 18:20

The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity);
According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.
Psalm 62:12

Also to You, O Lord, belong lovingkindness and compassion,
For You compensate every man according to [the value of] his work.
Proverbs 24:12

If you [claim ignorance and] say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs and examines the hearts and their motives?
And does He not know it who guards your life and keeps your soul?
And will He not repay [you and] every man according to his works?
Matthew 10:41
He who receives and welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous (honorable) man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
Hebrews 11:26
He considered the reproach of the Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt; for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God].