'Prayed' in the Bible

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children.

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.

The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord and the fire died out.

The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.

I prayed to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him.

Then Hannah prayed and said,“My heart exults in the Lord;My horn is exalted in the Lord,My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies,Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

But the thing was displeasing in the sight of Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

So he entered and shut the door behind them both and prayed to the Lord.

Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and said, “Strike this people with blindness, I pray.” So He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.’

Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,

For a multitude of the people, even many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than prescribed. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon

But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill; and he prayed to the Lord, and the Lord spoke to him and gave him a sign.

When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.

Then the king said to me, “What would you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.

The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold.

Hezekiah prayed to the Lord saying,

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the Lord, saying,

I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish,

He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

They *came to a place named Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.”

Again He went away and prayed, saying the same words.

but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen

And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

But Peter sent them all out and knelt 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.

a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

And it happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed afflicted with recurrent fever and dysentery; and Paul went in to see him and after he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.