100 Bible Verses about Public Prayer (KJV)

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

Matthew 6:5-6 KJV

⁵And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 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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Matthew 6:1-34 KJV

¹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. ²Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. ³But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand …

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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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Matthew 6:5 KJV

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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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Luke 6:12 KJV

¹²And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Luke 18:10-14 KJV

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. ¹²I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. ¹³And the publican, standing afar off, would …

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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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Matthew 14:23 KJV

²³And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

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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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1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷Pray without ceasing.

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Colossians 4:2 KJV

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

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Romans 12:12 KJV

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

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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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Mark 6:46 KJV

⁴⁶And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Matthew 6:13 KJV

¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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Matthew 6:9 KJV

⁹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

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Matthew 6:2 KJV

²Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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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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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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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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Matthew 6:12 KJV

¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

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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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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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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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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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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 6:14 KJV

¹⁴For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

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Matthew 6:1 KJV

¹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

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Proverbs 15:8 KJV

⁸The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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Psalm 141:2 KJV

²Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

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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 5:16 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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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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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 17:1-26 KJV

¹These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: ²As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. ³And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. …

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Luke 5:16 KJV

¹⁶And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

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Mark 1:35 KJV

³⁵And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

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Matthew 6:23 KJV

²³But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

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Matthew 6:20 KJV

²⁰But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

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Matthew 6:16 KJV

¹⁶Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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Matthew 6:3 KJV

³But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

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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 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

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

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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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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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Philippians 4:13 KJV

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

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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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Acts 4:31 KJV

³¹And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

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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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1 Peter 5:7 KJV

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

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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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Colossians 4:1-18 KJV

¹Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. ²Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; ³Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: ⁴That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. …

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Colossians 2:1-23 KJV

¹For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; ²That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; ³In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom …

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Galatians 5:22 KJV

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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Romans 1:16 KJV

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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Acts 12:12 KJV

¹²And 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.

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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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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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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Matthew 22:37 KJV

³⁷Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

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Matthew 6:34 KJV

³⁴Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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Matthew 6:32 KJV

³²(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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Matthew 6:31 KJV

³¹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

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Matthew 6:26 KJV

²⁶Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

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Matthew 6:21 KJV

²¹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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Matthew 6:19 KJV

¹⁹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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Matthew 6:18 KJV

¹⁸That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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Matthew 6:15 KJV

¹⁵But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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Matthew 6:11 KJV

¹¹Give us this day our daily bread.

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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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Matthew 6:8 KJV

⁸Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

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Matthew 6:4 KJV

⁴That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

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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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Luke 3:21 KJV

²¹Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

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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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2 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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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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Matthew 6:5-8 KJV

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Psalm 39:12 KJV

¹²Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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Psalm 5:3 KJV

³My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

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1 Peter 3:12 KJV

¹²For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

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1 Peter 3:7 KJV

⁷Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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James 5:14-15 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.

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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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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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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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Hebrews 5:7 KJV

⁷Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

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Romans 12:1-21 KJV

¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 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. ³For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man …

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