Daniel 9:17-19

17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,
Hebrew  for the Lord’s sake
bmake your face to shine upon cyour sanctuary, which is desolate.
18 dO my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see eour desolations, and fthe city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. gDelay not, hfor your own sake, O my God, because iyour city and jyour people are called by your name.”

Luke 11:8

8I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything kbecause he is his friend, yet because of his impudence
Or persistence
he will rise and give him whatever he needs.

James 5:16-17

16Therefore, mconfess your sins to one another and pray for one another, nthat you may be healed. oThe prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power
17Elijah was a man qwith a nature like ours, and rhe prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for sthree years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
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