'Praying' in the Bible
And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them.
As they continued to stone Stephen, he kept praying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
“Get up and go to the street called Straight,” the Lord said to him, “to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there.
devout and fearing God together with all his household, doing many charitable deeds for the people and praying to God {continually}.
Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in a dazzling robe stood before me
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.
And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
Then after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them [in approval and dedication] and sent them away [on their first journey].
And [when they] had appointed elders for them in every church, [after] praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.
“After I came back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple complex, I went into a visionary state
Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and began praying for daylight to come.