Matthew 6:7
"When you are praying, don't say meaningless things like the unbelievers do, because they think they will be heard by being so wordy.
1 Kings 8:26-54
"Now therefore, God of Israel, may your promise that you made to your servant David my father be fulfilled"
1 Kings 18:26-29
So they took the ox that was given to them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from early morning until noon. "Baal! Answer us!" they cried. But there was no response. Nobody answered. So they kept on dancing around the altar that they had made.
Ecclesiastes 5:2-3
Don't be impulsive with your mouth nor be in a hurry to talk in God's presence. Since God is in heaven and you're on earth, keep your speech short.
Ecclesiastes 5:7
In spite of many daydreams, pointless actions, and empty words, it is more important to fear God.
Matthew 18:17
If, however, he ignores them, tell it to the congregation. If he also ignores the congregation, regard him as an unbeliever and a tax collector.
Daniel 9:18-19
Turn your ear and listen, O God. Open your eyes and look at our desolation and at the city that is called by your name. We're not presenting our requests before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great compassion.
Matthew 6:32
because it is the unbelievers who are eager for all those things. Surely your heavenly Father knows that you need all of them!
Matthew 26:39
Going on a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."
Matthew 26:42
He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot go away unless I drink it, let your will be done."
Matthew 26:44
After leaving them again, he went away and prayed again for the third time, saying the same thing.
Acts 19:34
But when they found out that he was a Jew, they all started to shout in unison for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"