Bible Verses About Public Prayer

For me you need make only an altar of earth; on it you will sacrifice your burnt offerings, peace offerings, sheep, goats and cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be mentioned, I will come to you and bless you.

Y'hoshua tore his clothes and fell to his face on the ground before the ark of ADONAI until evening, he and the leaders of Isra'el, and they put dust on their heads.

Y'hoshua said, "Oh, Adonai ELOHIM! Why did you take the trouble to bring this people across the Yarden if you meant to hand us over to the Emori and have us perish? We should have been satisfied to live on the other side of the Yarden!

Oh, ADONAI! What can I say, after Isra'el has turned their backs and retreated before their enemies?

For when the Kena'ani and the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe us off the face of the earth. What will you do then to save the honor of your great name?"

as he blessed ADONAI before the entire community: "Blessed be you, ADONAI, the God of Isra'el our father, forever and ever.

Yours, ADONAI, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory and the majesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours. The kingdom is yours, ADONAI; and you are exalted as head over all.

Riches and honor come from you, you rule everything, in your hand is power and strength, you have the capacity to make great and to give strength to all.

Therefore, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name.

"But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to give so willingly in this way? For all things come from you, so that we have given you what is already yours.

For in your presence we are temporary residents, just passing through, as all our ancestors were - our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

ADONAI our God, all these supplies that we have prepared in order to build you a house for your holy name come from your own hand, all of it is already yours.

I know also, my God, that you test the heart and take pleasure in integrity. As for myself, I have given all these things willingly, in the integrity of my heart; and now, with joy, I have seen your people who are present here give willingly to you.

ADONAI, God of Avraham, Yitz'chak and Isra'el our ancestors, guard forever the inclinations of the thoughts in the hearts of your people; direct their hearts to you;

and give to Shlomo my son wholeheartedness to obey your mitzvot, instructions and rules, to do all these things, and to build the palace for which I have made provision."

Shlomo said, "ADONAI said he would live in thick darkness.

But I have built you a magnificent house, a place where you can live forever."

Then the king turned around and blessed the whole community of Isra'el. The whole community of Isra'el stood

as he said, "Blessed be ADONAI, the God of Isra'el, who spoke to my father David with his mouth and fulfilled his promise with his hand. He said,

'Since the day I brought my people out of Egypt, I chose no city from any of the tribes of Isra'el to build a house, so that my name might be there; nor did I choose anyone to be the leader of my people Isra'el.

But now I have chosen Yerushalayim, so that my name can be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Isra'el.'

It was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of ADONAI the God of Isra'el;

but ADONAI said to David my father, 'Although it was in your heart to build a house for my name, and you did well that it was in your heart,

nevertheless you will not build the house. Rather, you will father a son, and it will be he who will build the house for my name.'

Now ADONAI has fulfilled this spoken word of his; for I have succeeded my father and sit on the throne of Isra'el, as ADONAI promised; and I have built the house for the name of ADONAI the God of Isra'el.