100 Bible Verses about Silent Prayer (KJV)

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

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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1 Samuel 1:12-13 KJV

¹²And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. ¹³Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

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Genesis 24:45 KJV

⁴⁵And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

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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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Psalm 139:1-4 KJV

¹O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. ²Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. ³Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. ⁴For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

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Exodus 14:14 KJV

¹⁴The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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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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Proverbs 21:23 KJV

²³Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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Proverbs 17:28 KJV

²⁸Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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Hebrews 11:1 KJV

¹Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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Psalm 141:3 KJV

³Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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Psalm 46:10 KJV

¹⁰Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

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1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷Pray without ceasing.

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Ephesians 4:29 KJV

²⁹Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 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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Habakkuk 2:20 KJV

²⁰But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

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Isaiah 41:1 KJV

¹Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

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Isaiah 30:15 KJV

¹⁵For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

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Proverbs 10:19 KJV

¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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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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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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Zephaniah 3:17 KJV

¹⁷The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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1 Peter 3:15 KJV

¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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Proverbs 29:11 KJV

¹¹A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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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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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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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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Mark 1:35-37 KJV

³⁵And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. ³⁶And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. ³⁷And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

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Proverbs 18:13 KJV

¹³He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

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Psalm 37:7 KJV

⁷Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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Matthew 6:33 KJV

³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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Proverbs 17:27-28 KJV

²⁷He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. ²⁸Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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Psalm 139:23 KJV

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

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Nehemiah 2:4-5 KJV

⁴Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. ⁵And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.

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1 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

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

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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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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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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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Zephaniah 1:7 KJV

⁷Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

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Lamentations 3:28 KJV

²⁸He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

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Isaiah 57:11 KJV

¹¹And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

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Ecclesiastes 9:17 KJV

¹⁷The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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Psalm 83:1 KJV

¹Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

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Psalm 50:21 KJV

²¹These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

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Psalm 28:1 KJV

¹Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

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2 Timothy 2:15 KJV

¹⁵Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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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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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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Ephesians 5:1 KJV

¹Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

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Ephesians 3:20 KJV

²⁰Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

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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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Luke 5:16 KJV

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

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Zechariah 2:13 KJV

¹³Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

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Isaiah 62:1 KJV

¹For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

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Isaiah 47:5 KJV

⁵Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

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Isaiah 42:14 KJV

¹⁴I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

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Isaiah 1:17 KJV

¹⁷Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Ecclesiastes 3:7 KJV

⁷A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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Psalm 109:1 KJV

¹Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

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Psalm 62:1 KJV

¹Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

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Job 34:29 KJV

²⁹When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

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1 Kings 19:12 KJV

¹²And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

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1 Samuel 2:9 KJV

⁹He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

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1 Peter 3:15-16 KJV

¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: ¹⁶Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

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James 1:19 KJV

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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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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1 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

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John 6:15 KJV

¹⁵When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

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Matthew 11:28-30 KJV

²⁸Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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Isaiah 64:12 KJV

¹²Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

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Isaiah 26:3 KJV

³Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

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Psalm 86:1-17 KJV

¹Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy. ²Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. ³Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. ⁴Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. ⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to …

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Psalm 22:2 KJV

²O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

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Psalm 17:1 KJV

¹Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

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Ephesians 6:4 KJV

⁴And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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Habakkuk 1:13 KJV

¹³Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

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Nehemiah 2:4 KJV

⁴Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

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Deuteronomy 6:1-25 KJV

¹Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: ²That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. ³Hear …

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Ephesians 4:30 KJV

³⁰And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

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Ephesians 3:2 KJV

²If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

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2 Corinthians 10:1-2 KJV

¹Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: ²But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

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Romans 12:12 KJV

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

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Mark 16:15 KJV

¹⁵And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

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Matthew 17:20 KJV

²⁰And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

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Matthew 2:12-23 KJV

¹²And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. ¹³And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. ¹⁴When he …

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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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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 3:1-25 KJV

¹If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. ²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. ³For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. …

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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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Luke 9:18 KJV

¹⁸And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

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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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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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Proverbs 17:27 KJV

²⁷He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

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Psalm 139:1 KJV

¹O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

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Revelation 11:1-19 KJV

¹And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. ²But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. ³And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall …

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Revelation 3:20 KJV

²⁰Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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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 5:16-18 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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