20 Bible Verses about Importunity, Towards God
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Evening and morning and noon I will meditate and make a noise, and he will hear my voice.
To the overseer upon the first place of the dawn; chanting of David. My God, my God, wherefore forsookest thou me? far off from my salvation the words of my groaning. My God, I will call in the day, and thou wilt not answer; and in the night no silence to me.
A song of chanting to the sons of Korah to the overseer upon the lute, for affliction of instruction, for Heman the Ezrabite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, the day have I cried in the night before thee.
And she truly a widow, and forsaken, has hoped in God, and remains in supplications and prayers night and day.
Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. For everyone asking, receives and he seeking, finds; and to him knocking shall be opened.
And I say ' to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one asking, receives; and he seeking, finds; and to him knocking, it shall be opened. .
And he spake to them a parable, that they must always pray, and not lose courage;
Saying, There was a certain judge in a certain city, fearing not God, and not occupied about man: And a widow was in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a time: and after these he said in himself, And if I fear not God, and am not occupied about man;read more.
Yet because this widow produces fatigue to me, I will avenge her, lest in the end, coming, she give me a blow under the eyes. And the Lord said, Hear ye what the judge of injustice says. And shall not God do the avenging of his chosen, crying to him day and night, being slow to anger toward them? I say to you, that he will do their avenging swiftly. But the Son of man having come, shall he find faith upon earth
By all prayer and supplication praying in all time in Spirit, and for this same watching vigilantly in all perseverance and supplication for the holy:
For my witness is God, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of his Son, so that continually I make mention of you, always supplicating in my prayers; If in any way I shall be prospered on my way in the will of God to come to you.
Epaphras, who of you, greets you, a servant of Christ, always contending for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfected and completed in all the will of God.
We return thanks to God always for you all, making remembrance of you in our prayers continually; Remembering your work of faith, and fatigue of love, and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God and our Father;
I have grace to God, whom I serve from the forefathers in pure consciousness, as I have continual remembrance concerning thee in my prayers night and day;
I waited for thy face with all the heart: compassionate me according to thy word.
Song of ascensions. From the depths I called thee, O Jehovah. O Jehovah, hear to my voice: thine ears shall be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
To the overseer upon the stringed instrument, instruction to David. Give ear O God, to my prayer; thou wilt not hide thyself from my supplication. Attend to me and answer me; I shall flow down and make a noise in my complaint
To the overseer upon the stringed instrument; to David. Hear, O God, my wailing; attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will call to thee, in the fainting of my heart: thou wilt lead me into the rock it will be lifted up above me.
And man and beast shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry with strength to Jehovah: and they shall turn back each from his evil way, and the violence which is in their hands.
