58 Bible Verses about Calling upon God

Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on (proclaim) the name of Jehovah.

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent. Bethel was on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Jehovah and called on the name of Jehovah.

Isaac built an altar there and worshiped Jehovah. Then he set up his camp. His servants dug another well.

Give thanks to Jehovah. Call on his name. Make known among the nations what he has done.

O give thanks to Jehovah! Call upon his name. Make his work known among the people.

You, O Jehovah, are good and forgiving, full of loving kindness toward everyone who calls out to you.

I will call on him as long as I live because he turns his ear toward me (listens to me).

Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

Flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, with those who call on the Lord with a clean heart.

Are all the workers of wickedness, those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, so ignorant that they do not call on Jehovah?

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? They eat up my people as they eat bread. They have not called upon God.

Pour your fury (anger) on the nations that do not know you, on the kingdoms that have not called you.

I permitted myself to be sought by those who did not ask for me. Those who did not seek me found me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said: 'Here I am, here I am.'

Pour out your fury on the nations who do not know you and on people who do not worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.

I will give the peoples a pure language. They may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him (united in total agreement and purpose) shoulder to shoulder.

Call on me in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.

I called out your name in prayer, O Jehovah, out of the lowest prison.

It is the dry season and the wheat harvest. I will pray and Jehovah will send thunder and rain. When this happens, you will realize that you committed a great sin against Jehovah when you asked him for a king. Samuel prayed. That same day Jehovah sent thunder and rain. Then all the people became afraid of Jehovah and of Samuel.

Jehovah should be praised. I called on him and was saved from my enemies.

Jehovah should be praised. I called on him, and I was saved from my enemies.

You pray to your god and I will pray to Jehovah. The God who answers with fire is God! All the people answered: It is well said.

Naaman left in a rage, saying: I thought he would at least come out to me, pray to Jehovah his God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and cure me!

Yes I cry for Help! I am being attacked! But I get no response. I call for help, but there is no justice.

([Psalm of David]) Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my trouble. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

I have called on you because you answer me, O God. Turn your ear toward me. Listen to what I have to say. Reveal your miraculous deeds of loving-kindness, O Savior of those who find refuge by your side from those who attack them. Keep me as if I were the pupil (apple) of your eye (center of attention). Hide me in the shadow of your wings.read more.
Hide me from wicked people who violently attack me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

I called on Jehovah in my distress. I cried to my God for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help reached his ears.

Hear O Jehovah when I cry with my voice. Be gracious to me and answer me. You said: Seek my face (look for me) (my presence). My heart said to you, O Jehovah, I will look for you. Do not hide your face from me. Do not angrily turn me away. You have been my help. Do not leave me! Do not abandon me, O God of my salvation!read more.
Even if my father and mother abandon (forsake) me, Jehovah will take care of me. Teach me your way, O Jehovah. Lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Do not surrender me to the will of my opponents. False witnesses have risen against me. They breathe out violence.

([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit (grave). Hear the voice of my prayer when I call to you for help, when I lift my hands [in prayer] toward your most holy place.

But I call on God, and Jehovah saves me.

Have pity on me, O Jehovah, since I call out to you all day long.

When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will deliver you and honor you.

When I was in trouble, I cried out to Jehovah, and he answered me.

You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me.

Then you will call, and Jehovah will answer! You will cry and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

Before they call I will answer! While they are still speaking I will hear.

Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry or pray for them. I will not listen when they call to me for help in times of trouble.

Call to me and I will answer you. I will tell you grand and impressive things, things you do not know.'

I cry to you Jehovah! For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame burned all the trees of the field.

How long, O Jehovah (YHWH), will I call for help and you do not hear? I cry out to you, save me from violence! And yet you do not save.

I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: 'It is my people!' They will say: 'Jehovah is my God!'

It will come to pass, that whoever will call on the name of Jehovah will be saved. (Joel 2:32)

It will happen that who ever calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved. There will be those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem that will escape, even among the survivors whom Jehovah calls.

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. The same Lord (God) of all is abounding in riches for all who call on him. Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved. (Joel 2:32) How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone to preach?

Moses and Aaron were among his priests. Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called upon Jehovah and he answered them.

As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel would win, but as soon as he put his hands down, the Amalekites would start to win.

So Moses went back to Jehovah and said: These people have committed such a serious sin! They made a god out of gold for themselves. Will you forgive their sin? If not, please wipe me out of the book you have written.

The people came to Moses and said: We sinned when we criticized Jehovah and you. Pray to Jehovah so that he will take the snakes away from us. So Moses prayed for the people.

They said to Samuel: Please pray to Jehovah your God for us, that we will not die. We now realize that we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a (human) king.

Jehovah said to me: I would not feel sorry for these people, even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me. Send them away from my presence, and let them go.

This was where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

Joshua did as Moses told him. They fought the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel would win, but as soon as he put his hands down, the Amalekites would start to win. Finally, Moses was so tired that Aaron and Hur got a rock for him to sit on. They stood beside him and supported his arms in the same position until sunset.read more.
That is how Joshua defeated the Amalekites.

But Moses pleaded with Jehovah his God. Jehovah, he said, why are you so angry with your people? These are your people whom you brought out of Egypt using your great power and mighty hand! Do not let the Egyptians say: 'He was planning all along to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth. That is why he brought them out of our land.' Do not be so angry. Reconsider your decision to bring this disaster on your people. Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You took an oath, swearing on yourself. You told them: 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all the land I spoke of. It will be their long lasting possession.'

Moses said to Jehovah: You brought these people out of Egypt by your power. When the Egyptians hear what you have done to your people, they will tell it to the people who live in this land. These people have already heard that you, Jehovah, are with us, that you appear in plain sight when your cloud stops over us, and that you go before us in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. But if you kill all these people at the same time the nations who have heard these reports about you will say,read more.
Jehovah was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them, so he slaughtered them in the desert. Jehovah, let your power be as great as when you said, Jehovah is patient, forever loving; He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience. He never lets the guilty go unpunished. In fact he punishes children for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation. By your great love, please forgive these people's sins, as you have forgiven them from the time they left Egypt until now.

I prayed to Jehovah and said: 'O Jehovah our God, do not destroy your people for they are your inheritance. You have redeemed them through your greatness. You brought them out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin. The land from which you brought us may say: Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land he promised them and because he hated them he has brought them out to slay them in the desert wilderness.read more.
Even now they are your people, your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and outstretched arm.

Samuel called all the Israelites to meet at Mizpah. He told them: I will pray to Jehovah for you there. The Israelites gathered at Mizpah. They drew some water, poured it out in front of Jehovah and fasted that day. They confessed: We have sinned against Jehovah. So Samuel judged Israel in Mizpah. The Philistines heard that the Israelites gathered at Mizpah. So the Philistine rulers came to attack Israel. The Israelites heard about the Philistine plan and were afraid of them.read more.
The Israelites said to Samuel: Do not stop crying to Jehovah our God for us! Ask him to deliver us from the Philistines! Samuel killed a young lamb and burned it whole as a sacrifice to Jehovah. Then he prayed to Jehovah to help Israel. Jehovah answered his prayer.

Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order. Give me an answer, O Jehovah. Give me an answer so that this people may see that you are God. That you have made their hearts come back again.

He said: I called to Jehovah because of my affliction. And he answered me! Out of the belly of the grave I cried and you heard my voice.

They stoned Stephen. He called out: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Jehovah, do not charge this sin against them. After saying this he fell asleep in death.