Bible Verses About Public Prayer

There is no question that you are just in all that has come upon us; for you have treated us fairly. It is we who have acted wickedly.

Our kings, our leaders, our cohanim and ancestors did not keep your Torah, pay attention to your mitzvot or heed the warnings you gave them.

Even when they ruled their own kingdom, even when you prospered them greatly, in the great, rich land you gave them, they did not serve you; nor did they turn from their wicked deeds.

"'So here we are today, slaves. Yes, in the land you gave our ancestors, so that they could eat what it produces and enjoy its good 1144 here we are in it, slaves!

Its rich yield now goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins; they have power over our bodies, they can do what they please to our livestock, and we are in great distress!

"'In view of all this, we are making a binding covenant, putting it in writing and having it sealed by our leaders, our L'vi'im and our cohanim.'"

I recall, as my feelings well up within me, how I'd go with the crowd to the house of God, with sounds of joy and praise from the throngs observing the festival.

Come, let's bow down and worship; let's kneel before ADONAI who made us.

A song of ascents. By David: I was glad when they said to me, "The house of ADONAI! Let's go!"

I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples."

the inhabitants of one city will travel to another and say, "We must go to ask ADONAI's favor and consult ADONAI-Tzva'ot. I'll go too."

Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue.

To repeat, I tell you that if two of you here on earth agree about anything people ask, it will be for them from my Father in heaven.

For wherever two or three are assembled in my name, I am there with them."

All the people were outside, praying, at the time of the incense burning,

Now when he went to Natzeret, where he had been brought up, on Shabbat he went to the synagogue as usual. He stood up to read,

He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, May your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come.

Continuing faithfully and with singleness of purpose to meet in the Temple courts daily, and breaking bread in their several homes, they shared their food in joy and simplicity of heart,

One afternoon at three o’clock, the hour of minchah prayers, as Kefa and Yochanan were going up to the Temple,

When they heard it, they raised their voices to God with singleness of heart. “Master,” they prayed, “You made heaven, earth, the sea and everything in them.

So Kefa was being held under watch in prison, but intense prayer was being made to God on his behalf by the Messianic community.

Realizing what had happened, he went to the house of Miryam the mother of Yochanan (surnamed Mark), where many people had gathered to pray.

After fasting and praying, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

Once, when we were going to the place where the minyan gathered, we were met by a slave girl who had in her a snake-spirit that enabled her to predict the future. She earned a lot of money for her owners by telling fortunes.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit does pray, but my mind is unproductive.