PASSAGES FROM THE BIBLE FOR PRAYER

1. Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is He who has torn, and He will heal us.
He has struck us down, and He will bind us up. (Hos. 6:1)
2. Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with
weeping and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. (Joel 2:12-
13)
3. Return to the Lord, your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. (Joel 2:13b)
4. Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord …that He may teach us His ways
and that we may walk in His paths. (Mic. 4:2)
5. Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near…return
to the Lord, that He may have mercy. (Isa. 55:6-7b)
6. I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek
refuge in the name of the Lord. (Zeph. 3:12)
7. Whoever obeys me will not be put to shame, and those who work with me will
not sin. (Sir. 24:22)
8. God did not make death and He does not delight in the death of the living.
(Wis. 1:12)
9. The Lord said to Moses, “I will make all my goodness pass before you,…and I
will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I
will show mercy”. (Exo. 33:19)
10.There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given
among mortals by which we must be saved. (Acts. 4:12)
11.For in Him we live and move and have our being. (Acts 17:28)
12.Restore us, O Lord God of Hosts; let your face shine that we may besaved. (Ps.
80:19)
13.Pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of
God in Christ Jesus for you. (2 Thess. 5:17-18)
14.Surely His salvation is at hand for those who fear Him. (Ps. 85:9)
15.Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.
(Ps. 50:15)
16.He who disciplines the nations, He who teaches knowledge to humankind, does
He not chastise? (Ps.86:1-2)

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17.Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Preserve my
life, for I am devoted to you. (Ps. 86:1-2)
18.Set your heart right and be steadfast, and do not be impetuous in time of
calamity. Cling to Him and do not depart, so that your last days may be
prosperous. (Sir. 2:1-3)
19.Accept whatever befalls you, and in times of humiliation be patient. For gold is
tested in fire, and those found acceptable, in the furnace of humiliation. (Sir.
2:4-5)
20.Trust in Him, and He will help you; make your ways straight, and hope in Him.
(Sir. 2:6)
21.Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come only to test you
and to put the fear of Him upon you so that you do not sin.” Then the people
stood at a distance, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God
was. (Exo. 20:20-21)
22.For it is the Lord your God who goes with you, to fight for you against your
enemies, to give you victory. (Deut. 20:4)
23.The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before
you; they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.
(Deut. 28:7)
24.For they trust to arms and acts of daring, he said, “but we trust in the Almighty
God, who is able with a single nod to strike down those who are coming against
us, and even, if necessary, the whole world. (2 Macc. 8:18)
25.With God we shall do valiantly; it is He who will tread down our foes. (Psalm
108:13)
26.But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed
you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name,
you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and
through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire
you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the
Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your
ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in
my sight, and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations
in exchange for your life. (Isa. 43:1-4)

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27.No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute
every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the
servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord. (Isa. 54:17)
28.And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: my Spirit that is
upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of
your mouth, or out of the mouths of your children or out of the mouths of your
children’s children, says the Lord, from now on and forever. (Isa. 59:12)
29.It was no messenger or angel but His presence that saved them; in His love and
in His pity He redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days
of old. (Isa. 63:9)
30.And to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the
holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will
shut, who shuts and no one opens: “I know your works. Look, I have set before
you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little
power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.” (Rev.
3:7-8)
31.You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your
ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious
blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. (1 Pet. 1:18-19)
32.But this command I gave them, “Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and
you shall be my people; and walk only in the way that I command you, so that it
may be well with you.” (Jer. 7:23)
33.For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal,says the LORD.
(Jer. 30:17a)
34.I am going to bring it recovery and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them
abundanceof prosperity and security. (Jer. 33:6)
35.If you will only remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you
down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I am sorry for the disaster that
I have brought upon you. (Jer.42:10)
36.For the Lord will not reject forever. Although he causes grief, he will have
compassionaccording to the abundance of his steadfast love;for he does not
willingly afflict or grieve anyone.
37.The LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing; they will return to the LORD,
and he will listen to their supplications and heal them. (Isa 19:22)

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38.Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of
his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.  It will
be said on that day,Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he
might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited;let us be glad and
rejoice in his salvation. (Isa. 25:8-9)
39.O LORD, in distress they sought you, they poured out a prayer when your
chastening was on them. (Isa. 26:16)
40.Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?
(Isa. 50:2b)
41.Therefore, my people shall know my name; therefore, in that day they shall
know that it is I who speak; here am I. (Isa. 52:6)
42.For you shall not go out in haste; and you shall not go in flight; for
the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard (Isa.
52:12)
43.For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed but my steadfast love
shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,says
the LORD, who has compassion on you. (Isa. 54:10)
44.I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will lead them andrepay them
with comfort, creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips. (Is 57:18)
45.Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;you shall cry for help, and he
will say, here I am. (Isa. 58:9a)
46.See, the LORD’s hand is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. (Isa
59:1)
47.Yet, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are
all the work of your hand. Do not be exceedingly angry, O LORD, and do not
remember iniquity forever.  Now consider, we are all your people. (Isa. 64:8-9)
48.But as for me, I will look to the LORD, I will wait for the God of my
salvation; my God will hear me. (Mic. 7:7)
49.The LORD took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written
before him of those who revered the LORD and thought on his name.  They shall
be mine, says the LORD of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act,
and I will spare them as parents spare their children who serve them. (Mal.
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50.Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward
this place; O hear in heaven your dwelling place; heed and forgive. (1 Kings
8:30)
51.Redeem Israel, O God, out of all its troubles. (Ps. 25:22)
52.I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
(Ps. 34:4)
53.The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
(Ps. 34:15)
54.The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in
spirit. He protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. Evil will slay
the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned. (Ps. 34:18)
55.You restored me to health and let me live. Surely it was for my benefit that I
suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you
have put all my sins behind your back. (Isa. 38:16-17)
56.He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and
live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. (1 Pet. 2:24)
57.And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former
things have passed away. (Rev. 21:4)
58.The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds and he will not be consoled until
it reaches the Lord; he will not cease until the Most High visits him, and does
justice for the righteous and executes judgement.
My child, when you are ill, do not delay, but pray to the Lord and he will heal
you. (Sir. 38:9)
59.The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. (Jas. 5:6)
60. Therefore, thus says the Lord: If you turn back; I will take you back, and you
shall stand before me. If you atter what is precious, and not what is worthless,
you shall serve as my mouth. It is they who will turn to you, not you who will
turn to them. (Jer 15:19)

For Further Readings:

Num. 14:20-25
Exo. 15: 11-14
Deut. 6:1-3, 4-9, 13-15, 16-19
Deut. 28:15, 20-24
Deut. 30: 15-20
Jdt. 4:8-15
Jdt. 9:14
Bar. 2:11-16
Bar. 3:1-6
Ezek. 11:19-20,
Ezek. 36:25-28
Hos. 14:1

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Exo. 34: 5-8
Deut. 6:1-3, 4-9, 13-15, 16-19
Deut. 28:15, 20-24
Deut. 30: 15-20
Josh. 1: 8-9
1 Chr. 16:35-36
Tob. 13:6
Jdt. 4:8-15
Jdt. 9:14
Bar. 2:11-16
Bar. 3:1-6
Ezek. 11:19-20,
Ezek. 36:25-28
Hos. 14:1