1 Samuel 12:23

Pray without ceasing.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Yahweh rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of raiders, until he had cast them out of his sight.

If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Entreat Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh.”

Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.

Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.

Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.

Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.

Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.

Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don’t turn away from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.

Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on Yahweh, and he answered them.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.

“As for the word that you have spoken to us in Yahweh’s name, we will not listen to you.

though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness,” says the Lord Yahweh.

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “For this, moreover, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

It shall be to him, and to his offspring after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it will happen that whatever thing Yahweh answers you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you.”

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.”

All the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.”

But if they are prophets, and if Yahweh’s word is with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are left in Yahweh’s house, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.”

When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”

You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

“Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away today from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides Yahweh our God’s altar that is before his tabernacle!”

The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you.”

“It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.

The king answered the man of God, “Now intercede for the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.” The man of God interceded with Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.

Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us;

You have not gone up into the gaps or built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in Yahweh’s day.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

or service, let’s give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;