100 Bible Verses about Praying for Yourself (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about praying for yourself, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Matthew 7:7 KJV

⁷Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV

¹⁶Rejoice evermore. ¹⁷Pray without ceasing. ¹⁸In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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Matthew 6:6 KJV

⁶But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

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Philippians 4:6-7 KJV

⁶Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. ⁷And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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Ephesians 3:14-21 KJV

¹⁴For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, ¹⁶That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; ¹⁷That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, …

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Matthew 26:39 KJV

³⁹And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

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James 5:16 KJV

¹⁶Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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Ephesians 6:18 KJV

¹⁸Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

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1 Chronicles 4:9-10 KJV

⁹And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. ¹⁰And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

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Romans 8:26 KJV

²⁶Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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Matthew 5:44 KJV

⁴⁴But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

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Colossians 1:9-12 KJV

⁹For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; ¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto …

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2 Corinthians 12:8 KJV

⁸For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

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Philippians 4:6 KJV

⁶Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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Mark 11:24 KJV

²⁴Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

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Ephesians 1:15-23 KJV

¹⁵Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, ¹⁶Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; ¹⁷That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: ¹⁸The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; …

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Psalm 145:18 KJV

¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

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Philippians 1:9-11 KJV

⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; ¹⁰That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. ¹¹Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

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Ephesians 1:17 KJV

¹⁷That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

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Isaiah 41:10 KJV

¹⁰Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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1 John 5:14 KJV

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

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1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷Pray without ceasing.

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Luke 18:1 KJV

¹And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

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Hebrews 12:1 KJV

¹Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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1 Timothy 2:8 KJV

⁸I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

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Colossians 4:2 KJV

²Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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1 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

¹¹Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Matthew 6:9-13 KJV

⁹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. ¹¹Give us this day our daily bread. ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. ¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the …

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Jeremiah 33:3 KJV

³Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

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1 Peter 4:7 KJV

⁷But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

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2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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Jeremiah 29:12 KJV

¹²Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

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Matthew 7:9-11 KJV

⁹Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

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1 Peter 5:7 KJV

⁷Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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1 John 5:16 KJV

¹⁶If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

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Matthew 21:22 KJV

²²And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

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Matthew 6:7 KJV

⁷But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

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James 5:13-15 KJV

¹³Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. ¹⁴Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: ¹⁵And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

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Romans 12:12 KJV

¹²Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

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1 John 5:15 KJV

¹⁵And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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Acts 1:14 KJV

¹⁴These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Matthew 26:41 KJV

⁴¹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

¹⁴If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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Deuteronomy 31:6 KJV

⁶Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

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James 4:3 KJV

³Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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John 14:13 KJV

¹³And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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Luke 6:27-28 KJV

²⁷But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, ²⁸Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

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Psalm 66:17 KJV

¹⁷I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

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Hebrews 7:25 KJV

²⁵Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

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1 Timothy 2:1-2 KJV

¹I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; ²For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

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James 4:2 KJV

²Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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Hebrews 4:16 KJV

¹⁶Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Psalm 18:6 KJV

⁶In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

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James 1:6 KJV

⁶But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

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1 Timothy 2:1 KJV

¹I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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Psalm 23:4 KJV

⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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John 15:16 KJV

¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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John 15:7 KJV

⁷If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Psalm 4:1 KJV

¹Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

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1 John 5:14-15 KJV

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: ¹⁵And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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Colossians 1:3 KJV

³We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

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Romans 8:34 KJV

³⁴Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

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Luke 18:9-14 KJV

⁹And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: ¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. …

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James 5:14-16 KJV

¹⁴Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: ¹⁵And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. ¹⁶Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent …

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Romans 8:26-27 KJV

²⁶Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. ²⁷And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

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Luke 11:1 KJV

¹And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Matthew 7:1-29 KJV

¹Judge not, that ye be not judged. ²For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. ³And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, …

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1 John 2:1 KJV

¹My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

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Ephesians 6:10 KJV

¹⁰Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

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Galatians 6:2 KJV

²Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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1 Corinthians 16:13 KJV

¹³Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

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Acts 16:25 KJV

²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

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John 14:13-14 KJV

¹³And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

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Matthew 21:5 KJV

⁵Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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Exodus 32:9-14 KJV

⁹And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: ¹⁰Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. ¹¹And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with …

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1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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John 17:15 KJV

¹⁵I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Luke 23:34 KJV

³⁴Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

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Luke 11:2-4 KJV

²And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. ³Give us day by day our daily bread. ⁴And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

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Mark 11:25 KJV

²⁵And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

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Matthew 18:20 KJV

²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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Matthew 6:10 KJV

¹⁰Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

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1 Samuel 1:26 KJV

²⁶And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.

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James 5:13 KJV

¹³Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

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Hebrews 10:24-25 KJV

²⁴And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: ²⁵Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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Colossians 3:15 KJV

¹⁵And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

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Philippians 4:7 KJV

⁷And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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Ephesians 6:18-20 KJV

¹⁸Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; ¹⁹And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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Matthew 21:1-46 KJV

¹And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, ²Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. ³And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. …

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3 John 1:1-15 KJV

¹The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. ²Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. ³For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. ⁴I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in …

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James 5:14 KJV

¹⁴Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

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