82 Bible Verses About Petition

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.

Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.

And I besought the Lord at that time, saying,

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

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

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.

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

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,

And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.

Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.

Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

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

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

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

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.