8 Bible Verses about Prayer, Answers To

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James 5:17-18

Elijah was a man with passions like our own; and he earnestly prayed that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again; and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

James 5:14-16

Is any one among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil, in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick; and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be restored to health: the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Matthew 8:2-3

And behold, a leper came and did him homage, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying: I will; be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Mark 1:40-42

And there came to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him: I will; be clean. And when he had spoken, the leprosy immediately departed from him, and he was cleansed.

Luke 5:12-13

And it came to pass, that he was in one of their cities; and behold, a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And stretching out his hand, he touched him, and said: I will; be clean. And immediately his leprosy departed from him.

Acts 9:40

But Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

Acts 12:5-8

Therefore, Peter was kept in prison; but fervent prayer to God was made for him by the church. When Herod was about to bring him out, on that night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the doors were guarding the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. And he gently struck Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying: Arise quickly; and his chains fell from his hands.read more.
And the angel said to him: Gird your self, and bind on your sandals; and he did so. And he said to him: Throw your mantle around you, and follow me.

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Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Call upon God under affliction

Prayer, answers to » Promised

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Return to God

Prayer, answers to » Granted » Sometimes immediately

Prayer, answers to » Manasseh

Prayer, answers to » God gives

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are idolaters

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Hear not the law

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Reject the call of God

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Forsake God

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Humble themselves

Prayer, answers to » Granted » Beyond expectation

Prayer, answers to » Nehemiah

Prayer, answers to » Saints » Praise God for

Prayer, answers to » Solomon

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Ask in faith

Matthew 21:11

And the multitude said: This is Jesus the prophet, that is from Nazareth of Galilee.

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are self-righteous

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For every one that exalts himself, shall be humbled; but he that humbles himself, shall be exalted.

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess.

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are blood-shedders

Prayer, answers to » Promised in » Times of trouble

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Are righteous

Prayer, answers to » Christ received

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard with respect to that which he feared,

John 11:42

I know, in deed, that thou dost always hear me. But for the sake of the multitude who stand around me, I have said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Live in sin

Prayer, answers to » Jonah

Prayer, answers to » Asa

Prayer, answers to » Christ gives

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said to her: If you had known the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink, you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.

Prayer, answers to » Primitive Christians

Acts 12:7

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. And he gently struck Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying: Arise quickly; and his chains fell from his hands.

Prayer, answers to » Jehoshaphat

Prayer, answers to » Jeremiah

Prayer, answers to » Granted » Sometimes differently from our desire

2 Corinthians 12:8-9

With regard to this, I three times entreated the Lord that it might leave me; and he said to me: My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may abide upon me.

Prayer, answers to » Jabez

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Seek God with all the heart

Prayer, answers to » Abraham's servant

Prayer, answers to » jacob

Prayer, answers to » Elisha

Prayer, answers to » Samson

Prayer, answers to » israelites

Prayer, answers to » Daniel

Prayer, answers to » Refusal of, exemplified » saul

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Set their love upon God

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are deaf to the cry of the poor

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are the enemies of saints

Prayer, answers to » Hannah

Prayer, answers to » Thief on the cross

Luke 23:42-43

And he said to Jesus: remember me, Lord, when thou comest in thy kingdom. And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, to-day you shall be with me in paradise.

Prayer, answers to » Paul and silas

Acts 16:25-26

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung a hymn to God; and the prisoners were listening to them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bonds were loosed.

Prayer, answers to » hezekiah

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God

Prayer, answers to » Man of God

Prayer, answers to » Jehoahaz

Prayer, answers to » Apostles

Acts 4:29-31

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to thy servants that they may speak thy word with all boldness, by stretching out thy hand to heal, that both signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy child Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

Prayer, answers to » samuel

Prayer, answers to » -ezra

Prayer, answers to » Refusal of, exemplified » Elders of israel

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Call upon God under oppression

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Call upon God in truth

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Are poor and needy

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Fear God

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are proud

Prayer, answers to » Granted » Through the grace of God

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Ask according to God's will

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Keep God's commandments

1 John 3:22

and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Regard iniquity in the heart

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Cruelly oppress saints

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are wavering

James 1:6-7

But let him ask in faith, doubting not: for he that doubts, is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.

Prayer, answers to » Saints » Bless God for

Prayer, answers to » Saints » Love God for

Prayer, answers to » Saints » Are assured of

1 John 5:15

And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

Prayer, answers to » A motive for continued prayer

Prayer, answers to » David

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Ask in the name of Christ

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Wait upon God

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Seek God

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are hypocrites

Prayer, answers to » Paul

Acts 28:8

And it happened that the father of Publius was lying sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul went in to him, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and restored him to health.

Prayer, answers to » Job

Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Abide in Christ

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Ask amiss

Prayer, answers to » Granted » Sometimes after delay

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