'Pray' in the Bible

Remember, I pray Thee, the word that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant, saying, Ye -- ye trespass -- I scatter you among peoples;

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,

And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath -- if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh -- if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.

And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,

Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.

Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase is good.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

You will pray to Him, and He will hear you,and you will fulfill your vows.

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

Lo, I pray thee, his power is in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I will pray to you, and I will watch for your answer.

Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)

My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me,Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”

I am depressed, so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

I will pray to God, my high ridge: "Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?"

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him;And let them pray for him continually;Let them bless him all day long.

Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!

O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?

Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you!

Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray!

A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O Lord God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

In return for my love they accuse me,but I continue to pray.

Why do the nations say, 'Where, pray, is their God.

And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,

My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people.

My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people,

I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age is His kindness.

I pray you, let the house of Aaron say, That, to the age is His kindness.

I pray you, let those fearing Jehovah say, That, to the age is His kindness.

I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, save, I pray Thee, I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, prosper, I pray Thee.

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, 'Peace be in thee.'

For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, (Pray, let Israel say),

A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

I said in my heart, 'Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it is vanity.

I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

-- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.

(The Shulammite Bride)“Awake, O north wind,And come, south wind [blow softly upon my garden];Make my garden breathe out fragrance, [for the one in whom my soul delights],Let its spices flow forth.Let my beloved come into his gardenAnd eat its choicest fruits.” Cross references: Song of Solomon 4:7 : John 14:18; Eph 5:27 Song of Solomon 4:8 : 2 Cor 11:2, 3 Song of Solomon 4:10 : John 15:9; Rom 8:35 Song of Solomon 4:13 : John 15:5; Eph 5:9 Song of Solomon 4:15 : John 4:10; 7:37, 38 end of crossrefs

I said, 'Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons,

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill,

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place.

And Jehovah saith unto Isaiah, 'Go forth, I pray thee, to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-Jashub thy son, unto the end of the conduit of the upper pool, unto the highway of the fuller's field,

And he saith, 'Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God?

And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

Where are they now, thy wise ones? Yea, let them tell to thee, I pray thee, And they know what Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled against Egypt!

And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

And Rabshakeh saith unto them, 'Say ye, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, 'Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What is this confidence in which thou hast confided?

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. So pray for this remnant that remains.'"

and saith, 'I pray thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which is good in thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth -- a great weeping.

Thus said Jehovah, 'The labour of Egypt, And the merchandise of Cush, And of the Sebaim -- men of measure, Unto thee pass over, and thine they are, After thee they go, in fetters they pass over, And unto thee they bow themselves, Unto thee they pray: Only in thee is God, And there is none else, no other God.

Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

Stand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify!

Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I pray thee, and save thee, Let the charmers of the heavens, Those looking on the stars, Those teaching concerning the months, From those things that come on thee!

Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,

I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray."

I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the Lord, don't be silent!

You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying, 'As surely as the Lord lives!' If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting."

Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her.

Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

And they have not said in their heart, 'Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'