Quotes About Prayer

Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my masterís brother for his son.

When Abrahamís servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ëGo back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,í

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

I await Your salvation, O LORD.

Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”

Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”

After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”

Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,

Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of Godís thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

When Mosesí hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”