Verse 8

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.

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  • Ps 134:2 : 2 Lift up your hands in holiness and bless the LORD.
  • Ps 63:4 : 4 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
  • Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my name, and say, ‘We are safe,’ only to go on doing all these detestable things?
  • John 4:21 : 21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for all people.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, clothe them, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood. 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. 9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing finger, and malicious talk. 10 If you offer yourself to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday. 11 The Lord will guide you continually, and he will satisfy your soul in parched places and strengthen your bones. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Jas 1:6-8 : 6 But let him ask in faith, without doubting, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 Let that person not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all their ways.
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, showing them honor as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
  • 1 John 3:20-22 : 20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God. 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him.
  • John 4:23-24 : 23 But a time is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such people to worship him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.
  • Acts 7:60 : 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' When he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Acts 10:2 : 2 He was a devout man and feared God along with all his household. He gave many alms to the people and prayed to God continually.
  • Acts 10:4 : 4 Cornelius gazed at him in fear and asked, 'What is it, Lord?' The angel replied, 'Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.'
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.
  • Acts 21:5 : 5 When our time there was completed, we left and continued on our journey. All the disciples, along with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed together,
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
  • Lam 3:55-56 : 55 I called on Your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit. 56 You heard my plea: 'Do not close Your ear to my cry for relief.'
  • Jonah 2:1-2 : 1 The LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights. 2 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish.
  • Mal 1:9-9 : 9 Now plead with God to be gracious to us. Will he accept you? This offering came from your hands. How can he be pleased with you? says the LORD of Hosts. 10 Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors so you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the LORD of Hosts, and I will not accept any offerings from your hands. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting, my name will be great among the nations. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Matt 5:22-24 : 22 But I say to you, everyone who is angry with their brother without cause will be subject to judgment. Whoever says to their brother, ‘Raka!’ will be answerable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell. 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
  • Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
  • Matt 21:21 : 21 Jesus answered them, 'Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
  • Mark 11:23-25 : 23 'Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea, and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.' 24 'Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.' 25 'And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.'
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.' Then they divided His garments by casting lots.
  • Luke 23:42-43 : 42 Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.' 43 And Jesus replied, 'Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in paradise.'
  • Luke 24:50 : 50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and raising his hands, he blessed them.
  • Ps 66:18 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  • Ps 130:1-2 : 1 A song of ascents. From the depths I call to You, LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable, even more when it is brought with evil intent.
  • 1 Kgs 3:11 : 11 God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life, wealth for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but for discernment in administering justice,
  • 2 Chr 33:11-12 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. 12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
  • Job 16:17 : 17 Yet my hands are free of violence, and my prayer is pure.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 The one with clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up their soul to vanity or swear deceitfully.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will go around Your altar, Lord,
  • Ps 35:13 : 13 But when they were ill, I wore sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned to me unanswered.