Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

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Luke 18:1
And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,
Genesis 32:26
And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
Matthew 15:22
and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried to him saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.
Romans 15:30
But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God;
2 Corinthians 12:8
For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.
Colossians 2:1
For I would have you know what combat I have for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh;
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you, the bondman of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always combating earnestly for you in prayers, to the end that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

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Genesis 18:31
And he said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak with the Lord. Perhaps there may be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.
Matthew 21:22
And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.