Thematic Bible: Importunity, examples of
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Importunity » Importunity, examples of » Syrophenician woman
"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
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I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
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yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.'"
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Importunity » Importunity, examples of » The early church
So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.
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So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
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Importunity » Importunity, examples of » moses
Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him.
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Importunity » Importunity, examples of » Abraham
Finally Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten."
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Importunity » Importunity, examples of » jacob
Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."
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Importunity » Importunity, examples of » Elijah
Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!
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Importunity » Importunity, examples of » Jesus
And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]
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Importunity » Importunity, examples of » The nobleman from capernaum
"Sir," the official said to him, "come down before my child dies."
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Prayer » Importunity, examples of » Syrophenician woman
"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
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I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
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yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.'"
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Prayer » Importunity, examples of » The early church
So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.
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So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
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Prayer » Importunity, examples of » moses
Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him.
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Prayer » Importunity, examples of » Abraham
Finally Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten."
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Prayer » Importunity, examples of » jacob
Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."
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Prayer » Importunity, examples of » Elijah
Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!
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Prayer » Importunity, examples of » Jesus
And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]
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Prayer » Importunity, examples of » The nobleman from capernaum
"Sir," the official said to him, "come down before my child dies."
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