20 occurrences in 9 translations

'Prays' in the Bible

“He bowed down [to rest], he lies down as a lion;And as a lioness, who dares to rouse him?Blessed [of God] is he who blesses you,And cursed [of God] is he who curses you.”

Verse ConceptsCrouchingLying Down To RestLike CreaturesBlessing And CurseBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

He guards the steps of his faithful ones, while the wicked are made silent in darkness. He grants the request of the one who prays. He blesses the year of the righteous. Indeed it's not by strength that a person prevails.

Verse ConceptsAbilityFeetdefence, divineGod, The ProviderGuardsSaintsSilenceLimitations Of StrengthThe Outer DarknessFeet SecureOuter Darknesstoughness

Listen to Your servant’s prayer and his petition,Lord my God,so that You may hear the cry and the prayerthat Your servant prays before You today,

Verse ConceptsMercifulnessHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!God Answering Prayersservanthoodsupplication

so that Your eyes may watch over this temple night and day,toward the place where You said:My name will be there,and so that You may hear the prayerthat Your servant prays toward this place.

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightCeremoniesA Place For God's NameDirectionGod Answering Prayers

(for people will hear of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power), when he comes and prays facing this Temple,

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfStrength Of God

Listen to Your servant’s prayer and his petition,Lord my God,so that You may hear the cry and the prayerthat Your servant prays before You,

so that Your eyes watch over this templeday and night,toward the place where You saidYou would put Your name;and so that You may hear the prayerYour servant prays toward this place.

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightCeremoniesWatchfulness, Divine

Even for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israelbut has come from a distant landbecause of Your great nameand Your mighty hand and outstretched arm:when he comes and prays toward this temple,

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfForeignersArmsHand Of GodStrangers in israelAliens

“He will pray to God, and He shall be favorable to him,So that he looks at His face with joy;For God restores to man His righteousness [that is, his right standing with God—with its joys].

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipAcceptance, divineJoy, Of IsraelPleasing GodRejoicingDivine FavourAnswered PromisesGod Answers Prayer

I have stirred up one out of the north and he advances, one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. He steps on rulers as if they were clay, like a potter treading the clay.

Verse ConceptsClayeastCraftsmenPotterVictory, As An Act Of GodPotteryClay, UsesOut Of The North

He makes a god or his idol with the rest of it.He bows down to it and worships;He prays to it, “Save me, for you are my god.”

Verse ConceptsBowingReligionIdolatry Consists OfPraying Amissimage

“O Lord, though our many sins testify against us” [prays Jeremiah],“Act now [for us and] for Your name’s sake [so that the faithless may witness Your faithfulness]!For our backslidings are countless;We have sinned against You.

Verse ConceptsWitness Against OneselfWe Have SinnedBackslidingtestifying

oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,

Verse ConceptsCreditPoor, The Wicked Response ToOppressorsDo Not StealLaws About PledgesNot Helping The Poor

All of the royal administrators, prefects, regional authorities, scribes, and governors have concluded that the king should establish and enforce an edict that anyone who prays to any god or man for the next 30 days (except to you, your majesty) is to be thrown into the lions' pit.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithAgreeing For EvilConsultationsGovernorsLionsMartyrdom, Reasons ForProclamationsSuffering, Causes OfOne MonthThrowing PeopleIn Danger From LionsNot Praying

So they approached the king and asked, "Didn't you sign an edict that for the next 30 days if anyone prays to any god or man, except to you, your majesty, he would be thrown into the lions' pit?" The king responded, "The decree has been established, in accordance with the laws of the Medes and Persians that can't be repealed."

Verse ConceptsAuthority, of human institutionsOne MonthThrowing PeopleHuman LawNot PrayingUnchanging Relationships

Then they replied to the king, “Daniel, one of the Judean exiles, has ignored you, the king, and the edict you signed, for he prays three times a day.”

Verse ConceptsdefianceLeaders, PoliticalSeveral Times A DayWhen To PrayPeople Of Judah

And the earth shall respond to the grain and the new wine and the oil [which beg it to bring them forth],And they will respond to Jezreel [My Israel, who will now be restored].

Verse ConceptsProvision Of OilAnswering People

Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head.

Verse ConceptsVeilsCovering Heads

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.

Verse ConceptsWomenCovering HeadsBare HeadsWoman's PlaceWomen's Roles

For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of ThoughtThe TongueThe Mind

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