NorthStar PrayerNet

Prayer in the Bible: Habakkuk 3:1-2

"A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.

[2] LORD, I have heard of your fame;
       I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD.
       Renew them in our day,
       in our time make them known;
       in wrath remember mercy."

-- Habakkuk 3:1-2 (NIV)

Prayer in the Bible: Jonah 4:2

"He prayed to the LORD, 'O LORD, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.'"

-- Jonah 4:2 (NIV)

Prayer in the Bible: Jonah 2:7

"When my life was ebbing away,
       I remembered you, LORD,
       and my prayer rose to you,
       to your holy temple."

-- Jonah 2:7 (NIV)

Prayer in the Bible: Jonah 2:1

"From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God."

-- Jonah 2:1 (NIV)

Prayer in the Bible: Daniel 9:20-24

"While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the LORD my God for his holy hill--[21] while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. [22] He instructed me and said to me, 'Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. [23] As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the message and understand the vision:

"[24] 'Seventy "sevens" are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.'"

-- Daniel 9:20-24 (NIV)

Prayer in the Bible: Daniel 9:17

"Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, O Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary."

-- Daniel 9:17 (NIV)

Prayer in the Bible: Daniel 9:3-5

"So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

"[4] I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed:

"'O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands, [5] we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.'"

-- Daniel 9:3-5 (NIV)

Prayer in the Bible: Daniel 6:10-13

"Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. [11] Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help. [12] So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: 'Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or man except to you, O king, would be thrown into the lions' den?'

"The king answered, 'The decree stands—in accordance with the laws of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.'

"[13] Then they said to the king, 'Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.'"

-- Daniel 6:10-13 (NIV)

Prayer in the Bible: Daniel 6:7

"The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or man during the next thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the lions' den."

-- Daniel 6:7 (NIV)

Prayer in the Bible: Lamentations 3:44

"You have covered yourself with a cloud
       so that no prayer can get through."

-- Lamentations 3:44 (NIV)