30 Bible Verses about Prayer, Persistence In

To the overseer: of David chanting. Waiting, I waited for Jehovah, and he will incline to me, and he will hear my cry.

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.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength, seek his face always.

For he inclined his ear to me, and in my days I will call.

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.read more.
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; 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

And he said to them, Which. of you shall have a friend, and shall-go to him at midnight, and should say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; Since my friend has come to me from the way, and I have not what I may set before him! And he within, having.answered, should say, Offer not weariness to me already has the door been shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot having risen, give thee.read more.
I say to you, If also having risen he will not give him because of being his friend, yet for his effrontery, having risen, he will give him as many as he needs. 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. .

All these were persevering unanimously in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary mother of Jesus, with his brethren.

And they were persevering in the teaching of the sent, and in mutual participation, and breaking of bread, and prayers.

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:

Rejoicing in hope; holding out under pressure; persevering in prayer;

Pray continually.

And Abraham will draw near, and will say, Wilt thou also destroy the just with the wicked Perhaps there is fifty just in the midst of the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty just which are within it? Far be it with respect to thee doing as this word to kill the just with the wicked; and for the just to be as the wicked, far be it with respect to thee: shall not the judge of all the earth do judgment?read more.
And Jehovah will say, If I shall find in Sodom fifty just, in the midst of the city, I forgive all the place for their sakes. And Abraham will answer and say, Behold now, I have undertaken to speak to my Lord, and I dust and ashes. If the fifty just shall lack five: wilt thou destroy for sake of five all the city? And he will say, I will not destroy, if I shall find there forty and five. And he added yet to speak to him, and he will say, If forty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do for sake of forty. And he will say, Now will it not kindle to the Lord, and I will speak: If thirty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do, if I shall find thirty there. And he will say, Behold now, I have begun to speak to the Lord If twenty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of twenty. And he will say, Now will it not be angry to the Lord, and I will speak only this once: If ten shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of ten. And Jehovah went forth after that he finished to speak to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.

And Jacob will be left alone by himself, and a man will wrestle with him till the ascending of the morning. And he will see thathewill not prevail over him and he will touch upon the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh will be alienated in his wrestling with him. And he will say, Send me away, for the morning ascended: and he will say, I will not send thee away, unless thou didst bless me.read more.
And he will say to him, What thy name? and he will say, Jacob. And he will say, Thy name shall no more be said Jacob, but Israel, for thou wert a prince with God and with men, and thou shalt prevail. And Jacob will ask and will say, Announce now, thy name: and he will say, For what this thou wilt ask for my name? and he will bless him there. And Jacob will call the name of the place, the face of God: for I saw God lace to face, and my soul shall be saved. And the sun will rise to him when he passed through the face of God, and he limped upon his thigh. For this, the sons of Israel will not eat the sinew which dried up which is upon the hollow of the thigh, even till this day; for he touched upon the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew which dried up.

And I shall fall down before Jehovah forty days and forty nights, as I fell down; for Jehovah said to destroy you. And I shall pray to Jehovah, and say, Lord Jehovah, thou wilt not destroy thy people and thine inheritance which thou didst redeem in thy greatness, whom thou broughtest out of Egypt with a strong hand. Remember thy servants, for Abraham, for Isaak, and for Jacob, thou wilt not look to the stubbornness of this people, and to its wickedness, and to its sin:read more.
Lest they of the land where thou broughtest us from there shall say, For Jehovah was not able to bring them in to the land which he spake to them; and for his hating them he brought them out to destroy them in the desert And they are thy people and thine inheritance whom thou broughtest out by thy great strength and by thine extended arm.

And Moses will turn back to Jehovah, and say, Ah, now, this people sinned a great sin, and they will make to them golden gods. And now if thou wilt, lift up their sin; and if not, wipe me off from thy book which thou didst write.

And she bitter of soul, and she will pray to Jehovah, and weeping, she will weep. And she will vow a vow, and say, Jehovah of armies, if seeing, thou wilt see the affliction of thy servant and remember me, and thou wilt not forget thy servant, and give to thy servant seed of men, and I gave him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and a razor shall not come up upon his head.

Elias was a man having similar feelings with us, and in prayer he prayed for it not to rain: and it rained not upon the earth for three years and six months. And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth shot forth her fruit.

And it will be in the going up of the gift, and Elijah the prophet will draw near and say, Jehovah God of Abraham, Isaak, and Israel, this day it shall be known that thou art God in Israel, and I thy servant, and by thy words I did all these words. Answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people shall know that thou art Jehovah God, and thou didst turn their heart backwards. And the fire of Jehovah will fall and will consume the burnt-offering and the woods, and the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the waters which were in the channel.read more.
And all the people will see and fall upon their face, and say, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah he is God. And Elijah will say to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; a man shall not escape from them. And they will seize them, and Elijah will bring them down to the torrent Kishon, and they will slaughter them there. And Elijah will say to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for a voice of a multitude of rain. And Ahab will go up to eat and to drink. And Elijah will go up to the head of Cannel and prostrate himself upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. And he will say to his boy, Go up now, look the way of the sea. And he will go up and look, and say, Not any thing. And he will say, Turn back seven times. And it will be in the seventh, and he will say, Behold, a little cloud as the hand of a man, coming up from the sea. And he will say, Go up; say to Ahab, Harness; go down, and the rain shall not hinder thee.

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. My prayer shall come before thee: incline thine ear to my wailing; For my soul was filled with evils, and my life touched upon hades.read more.
I was reckoned with those going down to the pit: I was as a man of no strength: Free among the dead, as they wounded lying down in the grave, whom thou no more didst remember them, and they were cut off by thy hand. Thou didst set me in the pit beneath, in darknesses, in the shades. Thy wrath lay upon me, and thou didst afflict with all thy breakers. Silence. Thou didst remove far from me mine acquaintance; thou didst set me an abomination to them: I was shut up, and I shall not go forth. Mine eye languished from affliction: I called to thee, O Jehovah, in all the day, I stretched my hands to thee. Wilt thou do wonder to the dead? if the shades shall arise, shall they praise thee? Silence. Shall thy mercy be recounted in the grave, thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonder be known in darkness, and thy justice in a land of oblivion? And to thee, O Jehovah, I cried, and in the morning shall my prayer anticipate thee. Wherefore, O Jehovah, wilt thou cast off my soul? wilt thou hide thy face from me? I am poor and expiring from youth: I bore thy terrors; I shall be perplexed. Upon me thy burnings passed over; thy terrors made me silent They surrounded me as water all the day; they folded round about me together. Thou didst remove far from me lover and friend, mine acquaintance into darkness.

I anticipated the dawn, and I will cry: I hoped for thy words Mine eyes anticipated the watches to meditate in thy word. Hear my voice according to thy mercy O Jehovah, cause me to live according to thy judgment

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. If thou, Jehovah, shalt watch iniquities, O Jehovah, who shall stand?read more.
For with thee, forgiveness; so that thou shalt be feared. I waited for Jehovah, my soul waited, and I hoped for his word My soul for Jehovah more than they watching for the morning: they watching for the morning.

Saying, Father, If thou art willing, turn aside this cup from me: but not my will, but thine, be done. And a messenger was seen to him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in a violent struggle, he prayed more intently: and his sweat was as clots of blood coming down upon the earth.

Then comes Jesus with them into the place called Gethsemane, and says to the disciples, Sit here, till I, having gone, shall pray. And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved, and to be dejected. Then says he to them, My soul is sorely grieved, even to death: remain here, and watch ye with me.read more.
And having gone forward a little, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: but not as I will, but as thou. And he comes to his disciples, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, So were ye not able to watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak. Again of a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, My Father if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, let thy will be. And having gone he finds them again sleeping: for their eyes were loaded.

And they came to a place, the name of which Gethsemane: and he says to his disciples, Sit here, while I shall pray. And he takes Peter and James and John with himself, and began to be amazed, and to be dejected. And he says to them, My soul is sorely grieved, even to death: remain here, and watch.read more.
And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth and prayed that, if it be possible, the hour might pass away from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things possible to thee; turn away this cup from me: but not what I will, but what thou. And he comes, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldeat thou not watch one Hour? Watch ye and pray, that ye should not come into temptation. Truly the spirit well inclined, and the flesh weak. And again having gone away, he prayed; saying the same word. And having turned back, he found them again sleeping, (for their eyes were loaded,) and they knew not what they might answer him.

I will look about for Jehovah, I will wait for God my deliverer; my God will hear me.

Wait for Jehovah: be strong, and thy heart shall be strengthened: and wait for Jehovah.

Our soul waited for Jehovah: he our help and our shield.

Be silent to Jehovah and wait for him: thou shalt not be angry at him prospering his way, at the man doing wickednesses.

And I as a man that heard not, and not in his mouth confutations

Also the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, we hoped for thee; to thy name and to thy remembrance is the desire of the soul.