'Pleading' in the Bible

One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. "If you are willing," he said, "you are able to cleanse me."

And they, when they came to Jesus, earnestly entreated Him, pleading, "He deserves to have this favour granted him,

Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.