Bible Verses About Intercessory Prayer

Avraham said to God, "If only Yishma'el could live in your presence!"

Avraham approached and said, "Will you actually sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Maybe there are fifty righteous people in the city; will you actually sweep the place away, and not forgive it for the sake of the fifty righteous who are there?

Far be it from you to do such a thing - to kill the righteous along with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! Far be it from you! Shouldn't the judge of all the earth do what is just?"

ADONAI said, "If I find in S'dom fifty who are righteous, then I will forgive the whole place for their sake."

Avraham answered, "Here now, I, who am but dust and ashes, have taken it upon myself to speak to Adonai.

What if there are five less than fifty righteous?"He said, "I won't destroy it if I find forty-five there."

He spoke to him yet again: "What if forty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of the forty I won't do it."

He said, "I hope Adonai won't be angry if I speak. What if thirty are found there?" He said, "I won't do it if I find thirty there."

He said, "Here now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to Adonai. What if twenty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of the twenty I won't destroy it."

He said, "I hope Adonai won't be angry if I speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "For the sake of the ten I won't destroy it."

He said, "ADONAI, God of my master Avraham, please let me succeed today; and show your grace to my master Avraham.

Here I am, standing by the spring, as the daughters of the townsfolk come out to draw water.

I will say to one of the girls, 'Please lower your jug, so that I can drink.' If she answers, 'Yes, drink; and I will water your camels as well,' then let her be the one you intend for your servant Yitz'chak. This is how I will know that you have shown grace to my master."

Moshe and Aharon left Pharaoh's presence, and Moshe cried to ADONAI about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh.

Moshe pleaded with ADONAI his God. He said, "ADONAI, why must your anger blaze against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand?

Why let the Egyptians say, 'It was with evil intentions that he led them out, to slaughter them in the hills and wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your fierce anger! Relent! Don't bring such disaster on your people!

Remember Avraham, Yitz'chak and Isra'el, your servants, to whom you swore by your very self. You promised them, 'I will make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky; and I will give all this land I have spoken about to your descendants; and they will possess it forever.'"

But the people began complaining about their hardships to ADONAI. When ADONAI heard it, his anger flared up, so that fire from ADONAI broke out against them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

Then the people cried to Moshe, Moshe prayed to ADONAI, and the fire abated.

Moshe cried to ADONAI, "Oh God, I beg you, please, heal her!"

However, Moshe replied to ADONAI, "When the Egyptians hear about this -[and they will,] because it was from among them that you, by your strength, brought this people up -

Please! Forgive the offense of this people according to the greatness of your grace, just as you have borne with this people from Egypt until now."

Sh'mu'el said, "Gather all Isra'el to Mitzpah, and I will pray for you to ADONAI."

All the people said to Sh'mu'el, "Pray to ADONAI your God for your servants, so that we won't die; because to all our other sins now we've added this evil as well, asking for a king over us."