Matthew 6:5

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.

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

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks be made for all men:

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

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.”

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

To what purpose does frankincense from Sheba come to me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

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

Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

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

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

“For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Therefore Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they will not be able to escape; and they will cry to me, but I will not listen to them.

It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.

Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

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

For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”

Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

He said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh.” So they made him ride in his chariot.

Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for I pray to you.

Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

“Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?

You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”

and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,

As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me—he who eats with me.”

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

As many as desire to make a good impression in the flesh compel you to be circumcised; just so they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

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:

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.”

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

Pray without ceasing.

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”