1Sa 12:19-24, Isa 37:4, 62:1, 6-7, Jam 5:16 | ESV | STEP | And all the people said to Samuel , Pray for your servants to the Lord your God , that we may not die , for we have added to all our sins this evil , to ask for ourselves a king .

19 And all the people said to Samuel, ^a“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.” 20 And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet ^bdo not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 And ^cdo not turn aside after ^dempty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty. 22 ^eFor the Lord will not forsake his people, ^ffor his great name’s sake, because ^git has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. 23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing ^hto pray for you, ⁱand I will instruct you in the good and the right way. 24 ^jOnly fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider ^kwhat great things he has done for you.

Isaiah 37:4

4 ^lIt may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for ^mthe remnant that is left.’”

Isaiah 62:1

Zion’s Coming Salvation

1 ⁿFor Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,
^ountil her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
and her salvation as a burning torch.

Isaiah 62:6-7

6 On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set ^pwatchmen;
all the day and all the night
they shall never be silent.
You who put the Lord in remembrance,
take no rest,
7 and give him no rest
until he establishes Jerusalem
and makes it ^qa praise in the earth.

James 5:16

16 Therefore, ^rconfess your sins to one another and pray for one another, ^sthat you may be healed. ^tThe prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. ^{▼▼Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power}