Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Bible References

When

Matthew 7:7
Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
Matthew 9:38
Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.
Psalm 5:2
Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.
Psalm 55:17
In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.
Proverbs 15:8
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
Isaiah 55:6
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Jeremiah 29:12
And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
Daniel 6:10
And Daniel, on hearing that the writing had been signed, went into his house; (now he had windows in his room on the roof opening in the direction of Jerusalem;) and three times a day he went down on his knees in prayer and praise before his God, as he had done before.
Daniel 9:4
And I made prayer to the Lord my God, putting our sins before him, and said, O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;
Luke 18:1
And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
John 16:24
Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.
Ephesians 6:18
With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
Colossians 4:2
Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Keep on with your prayers.
James 5:15
And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.

Thou shalt not

Matthew 6:2
When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.
Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
Isaiah 1:15
And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
Luke 18:10
Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
Luke 20:47
Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain