Genesis 20:7
7Now then, return the man’s wife, afor he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you band all who are yours.”Genesis 29:31
Jacob’s Children
31When the Lord saw that Leah was chated, dhe opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.1 Samuel 5:11-12
11 eThey sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. fThe hand of God was very heavy there. 12The men who did not die were struck with gtumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.Ezra 6:10
10that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven hand pray for the life of the king and his sons.Job 42:9-10
9 iSo Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.The Lord Restores Job’s Fortunes
10And the Lord jrestored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job ktwice as much as he had before.Proverbs 15:8
8 lThe sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,but mthe prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
Proverbs 15:29
29The Lord is nfar from the wicked,but he ohears the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 45:11
11 Thus says pthe Lord,the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
q“Ask me of things to come;
will you command me rconcerning my children and sthe work of my hands? ▼
▼A slight emendation yields will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?
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