Verse 7

But{G1161} when ye pray{G4336}{(G5740)}, use{G945} not{G3361} vain repetitions{G945}{(G5661)}, as{G5618} the heathen{G1482} do: for{G1063} they think{G1380}{(G5719)} that{G3754} they shall be heard{G1522}{(G5701)} for{G1722} their{G846} much speaking{G4180}.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 5:2-3 : 2 Be not rash{H926}{(H8762)} with thy mouth{H6310}, and let not thine heart{H3820} be hasty{H4116}{(H8762)} to utter{H3318}{(H8687)} any thing{H1697} before{H6440} God{H430}: for God{H430} is in heaven{H8064}, and thou upon earth{H776}: therefore let thy words{H1697} be few{H4592}. 3 For a dream{H2472} cometh{H935}{(H8802)} through the multitude{H7230} of business{H6045}; and a fool's{H3684} voice{H6963} is known by multitude{H7230} of words{H1697}.
  • Eccl 5:7 : 7 For in the multitude{H7230} of dreams{H2472} and many{H7235}{(H8687)} words{H1697} there are also divers vanities{H1892}: but fear{H3372}{(H8798)} thou God{H430}.
  • 1 Kgs 18:26-29 : 26 And they took{H3947}{(H8799)} the bullock{H6499} which was given{H5414}{(H8804)} them, and they dressed{H6213}{(H8799)} it, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} on the name{H8034} of Baal{H1168} from morning{H1242} even until noon{H6672}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, O Baal{H1168}, hear{H6030}{(H8798)} us. But there was no{H369} voice{H6963}, nor any that answered{H6030}{(H8802)}. And they leaped{H6452}{(H8762)} upon the altar{H4196} which was made{H6213}{(H8804)}. 27 And it came to pass at noon{H6672}, that Elijah{H452} mocked{H2048}{(H8762)} them, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Cry{H7121}{(H8798)} aloud{H1419}{H6963}: for he is a god{H430}; either he is talking{H7879}, or he is pursuing{H7873}, or he is in a journey{H1870}, or peradventure{H194} he sleepeth{H3463}, and must be awaked{H3364}{(H8799)}. 28 And they cried{H7121}{(H8799)} aloud{H6963}{H1419}, and cut{H1413}{(H8704)} themselves after their manner{H4941} with knives{H2719} and lancets{H7420}, till the blood{H1818} gushed out{H8210}{(H8800)} upon them. 29 And it came to pass, when midday{H6672} was past{H5674}{(H8800)}, and they prophesied{H5012}{(H8691)} until the time of the offering{H5927}{(H8800)} of the evening sacrifice{H4503}, that there was neither voice{H6963}, nor any to answer{H6030}{(H8802)}, nor any that regarded{H7182}.
  • Matt 26:44 : 44 And{G2532} he left{G863}{(G5631)} them{G846}, and went away{G565}{(G5631)} again{G3825}, and prayed{G4336}{(G5662)}{G1537} the third time{G5154}, saying{G2036}{(G5631)} the same{G846} words{G3056}.
  • 1 Kgs 8:26-54 : 26 And now, O God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, let thy word{H1697}, I pray thee, be verified{H539}{(H8735)}, which thou spakest{H1696}{(H8765)} unto thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1}. 27 But will God{H430} indeed{H552} dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} on the earth{H776}? behold, the heaven{H8064} and heaven{H8064} of heavens{H8064} cannot contain{H3557}{(H8770)} thee; how much less{H637} this house{H1004} that I have builded{H1129}{(H8804)}? 28 Yet have thou respect{H6437}{(H8804)} unto the prayer{H8605} of thy servant{H5650}, and to his supplication{H8467}, O LORD{H3068} my God{H430}, to hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto the cry{H7440} and to the prayer{H8605}, which thy servant{H5650} prayeth{H6419}{(H8693)} before{H6440} thee to day{H3117}: 29 That thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605}{(H8803)} toward this house{H1004} night{H3915} and day{H3117}, even toward the place{H4725} of which thou hast said{H559}{(H8804)}, My name{H8034} shall be there: that thou mayest hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto the prayer{H8605} which thy servant{H5650} shall make{H6419}{(H8691)} toward this place{H4725}. 30 And hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} thou to the supplication{H8467} of thy servant{H5650}, and of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, when they shall pray{H6419}{(H8691)} toward this place{H4725}: and hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4725}: and when thou hearest{H8085}{(H8804)}, forgive{H5545}{(H8804)}. 31 If any man{H376} trespass{H2398}{(H8799)} against his neighbour{H7453}, and an oath{H423} be laid{H5375}{(H8804)} upon him to cause him to swear{H422}{(H8687)}, and the oath{H423} come{H935}{(H8804)} before{H6440} thine altar{H4196} in this house{H1004}: 32 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)}, and judge{H8199}{(H8804)} thy servants{H5650}, condemning{H7561}{(H8687)} the wicked{H7563}, to bring{H5414}{(H8800)} his way{H1870} upon his head{H7218}; and justifying{H6663}{(H8687)} the righteous{H6662}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} him according to his righteousness{H6666}. 33 When thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478} be smitten down{H5062}{(H8736)} before{H6440} the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, because they have sinned{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee, and shall turn again{H7725}{(H8804)} to thee, and confess{H3034}{(H8689)} thy name{H8034}, and pray{H6419}{(H8694)}, and make supplication{H2603}{(H8694)} unto thee in this house{H1004}: 34 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} the sin{H2403} of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, and bring them again{H7725}{(H8689)} unto the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto their fathers{H1}. 35 When heaven{H8064} is shut up{H6113}{(H8736)}, and there is no rain{H4306}, because they have sinned{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee; if they pray{H6419}{(H8694)} toward this place{H4725}, and confess{H3034}{(H8689)} thy name{H8034}, and turn{H7725}{(H8799)} from their sin{H2403}, when thou afflictest{H6031}{(H8686)} them: 36 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} the sin{H2403} of thy servants{H5650}, and of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, that thou teach{H3384}{(H8686)} them the good{H2896} way{H1870} wherein they should walk{H3212}{(H8799)}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} rain{H4306} upon thy land{H776}, which thou hast given{H5414}{(H8804)} to thy people{H5971} for an inheritance{H5159}. 37 If there be in the land{H776} famine{H7458}, if there be pestilence{H1698}, blasting{H7711}, mildew{H3420}, locust{H697}, or if there be caterpiller{H2625}; if their enemy{H341}{(H8802)} besiege{H6887}{(H8686)} them in the land{H776} of their cities{H8179}; whatsoever plague{H5061}, whatsoever sickness{H4245} there be; 38 What prayer{H8605} and supplication{H8467} soever be made by any man{H120}, or by all thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, which shall know{H3045}{(H8799)} every man{H376} the plague{H5061} of his own heart{H3824}, and spread forth{H6566}{(H8804)} his hands{H3709} toward this house{H1004}: 39 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} to every man{H376} according to his ways{H1870}, whose heart{H3824} thou knowest{H3045}{(H8799)};(for thou, even thou only, knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} the hearts{H3824} of all the children{H1121} of men{H120};) 40 That they may fear{H3372}{(H8799)} thee all the days{H3117} that they live{H2416} in{H6440} the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto our fathers{H1}. 41 Moreover concerning a stranger{H5237}, that is not of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, but cometh out{H935}{(H8804)} of a far{H7350} country{H776} for{H4616} thy name's{H8034} sake; 42 (For they shall hear{H8085}{(H8799)} of thy great{H1419} name{H8034}, and of thy strong{H2389} hand{H3027}, and of thy stretched out{H5186}{(H8803)} arm{H2220};) when he shall come{H935}{(H8804)} and pray{H6419}{(H8694)} toward this house{H1004}; 43 Hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} according to all that the stranger{H5237} calleth{H7121}{(H8799)} to thee for: that all people{H5971} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045}{(H8799)} thy name{H8034}, to fear{H3372}{(H8800)} thee, as do thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}; and that they may know{H3045}{(H8800)} that this house{H1004}, which I have builded{H1129}{(H8804)}, is called{H7121}{(H8738)} by thy name{H8034}. 44 If thy people{H5971} go out{H3318}{(H8799)} to battle{H4421} against their enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, whithersoever{H1870} thou shalt send{H7971}{(H8799)} them, and shall pray{H6419}{(H8694)} unto the LORD{H3068} toward{H1870} the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, and toward the house{H1004} that I have built{H1129}{(H8804)} for thy name{H8034}: 45 Then hear{H8085}{(H8804)} thou in heaven{H8064} their prayer{H8605} and their supplication{H8467}, and maintain{H6213}{(H8804)} their cause{H4941}. 46 If they sin{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee,(for there is no man{H120} that sinneth{H2398}{(H8799)} not,) and thou be angry{H599}{(H8804)} with them, and deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them to the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, so that they carry them away{H7617}{(H8804)} captives{H7617}{(H8802)} unto{H6440} the land{H776} of the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, far{H7350} or near{H7138}; 47 Yet if they shall bethink{H7725}{(H8689)} themselves in the land{H776} whither they were carried captives{H7617}{(H8738)}, and repent{H7725}{(H8804)}{H3820}, and make supplication{H2603}{(H8694)} unto thee in the land{H776} of them that carried them captives{H7617}{(H8802)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, We have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, and have done perversely{H5753}{(H8689)}, we have committed wickedness{H7561}{(H8804)}; 48 And so return{H7725}{(H8804)} unto thee with all their heart{H3824}, and with all their soul{H5315}, in the land{H776} of their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, which led them away captive{H7617}{(H8804)}, and pray{H6419}{(H8694)} unto thee toward{H1870} their land{H776}, which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto their fathers{H1}, the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, and the house{H1004} which I have built{H1129}{(H8804)} for thy name{H8034}: 49 Then hear{H8085}{(H8804)} thou their prayer{H8605} and their supplication{H8467} in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, and maintain{H6213}{(H8804)} their cause{H4941}, 50 And forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} thy people{H5971} that have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thee, and all their transgressions{H6588} wherein they have transgressed{H6586}{(H8804)} against thee, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} them compassion{H7356} before{H6440} them who carried them captive{H7617}{(H8802)}, that they may have compassion{H7355}{(H8765)} on them: 51 For they be thy people{H5971}, and thine inheritance{H5159}, which thou broughtest forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of Egypt{H4714}, from the midst{H8432} of the furnace{H3564} of iron{H1270}: 52 That thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605}{(H8803)} unto the supplication{H8467} of thy servant{H5650}, and unto the supplication{H8467} of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, to hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto them in all that they call{H7121}{(H8800)} for unto thee. 53 For thou didst separate{H914}{(H8689)} them from among all the people{H5971} of the earth{H776}, to be thine inheritance{H5159}, as thou spakest{H1696}{(H8765)} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872} thy servant{H5650}, when thou broughtest{H3318}{(H8687)} our fathers{H1} out of Egypt{H4714}, O Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}. 54 And it was so, that when Solomon{H8010} had made an end{H3615}{(H8763)} of praying{H6419}{(H8692)} all this prayer{H8605} and supplication{H8467} unto the LORD{H3068}, he arose{H6965}{(H8804)} from before{H6440} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068}, from kneeling{H3766}{(H8800)} on his knees{H1290} with his hands{H3709} spread up{H6566}{(H8803)} to heaven{H8064}.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And{G2532} he went{G4281} a little{G3397} further{G4281}{(G5631)}, and fell{G4098}{(G5627)} on{G1909} his{G846} face{G4383}, and{G2532} prayed{G4336}{(G5740)}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, O my{G3450} Father{G3962}, if{G1487} it be{G2076}{(G5748)} possible{G1415}, let{G3928} this{G5124} cup{G4221} pass{G3928}{(G5628)} from{G575} me{G1700}: nevertheless{G4133} not{G3756} as{G5613} I{G1473} will{G2309}{(G5719)}, but{G235} as{G5613} thou{G4771} wilt.
  • Matt 26:42 : 42 He went away{G565}{(G5631)} again{G3825} the{G1537} second time{G1208}, and prayed{G4336}{(G5662)}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, O my{G3450} Father{G3962}, if{G1487} this{G5124} cup{G4221} may{G1410}{(G5736)} not{G3756} pass away{G3928}{(G5629)} from{G575} me{G1700}, except{G3362} I drink{G4095}{(G5632)} it{G846}, thy{G4675} will{G2307} be done{G1096}{(G5676)}.
  • Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God{H430}, incline{H5186}{(H8685)} thine ear{H241}, and hear{H8085}{(H8798)}; open{H6491}{(H8798)} thine eyes{H5869}, and behold{H7200}{(H8798)} our desolations{H8074}{(H8802)}, and the city{H5892} which is called{H7121}{(H8738)} by thy name{H8034}: for we do not present{H5307}{(H8688)} our supplications{H8469} before{H6440} thee for our righteousnesses{H6666}, but for thy great{H7227} mercies{H7356}. 19 O Lord{H136}, hear{H8085}{(H8798)}; O Lord{H136}, forgive{H5545}{(H8798)}; O Lord{H136}, hearken{H7181}{(H8685)} and do{H6213}{(H8798)}; defer{H309}{(H8762)} not{H408}, for thine own sake, O my God{H430}: for thy city{H5892} and thy people{H5971} are called{H7121}{(H8738)} by thy name{H8034}.
  • Matt 6:32 : 32 (For{G1063} after{G1934} all{G3956} these things{G5023} do the Gentiles{G1484} seek{G1934}{(G5719)}:) for{G1063} your{G5216} heavenly{G3770} Father{G3962} knoweth{G1492}{(G5758)} that{G3754} ye have need{G5535}{(G5719)} of all{G537} these things{G5130}.
  • Matt 18:17 : 17 And{G1161} if{G1437} he shall neglect to hear{G3878}{(G5661)} them{G846}, tell{G2036}{(G5628)} it unto the church{G1577}: but{G1161}{G2532} if{G1437} he neglect to hear{G3878}{(G5661)} the church{G1577}, let him be{G2077}{(G5749)} unto thee{G4671} as{G5618} an heathen man{G1482} and{G2532} a publican{G5057}.
  • Acts 19:34 : 34 But{G1161} when they knew{G1921}{(G5631)} that{G3754} he was{G2076}{(G5748)} a Jew{G2453}, all{G3956}{G1096}{(G5633)} with{G1537} one{G3391} voice{G5456} about{G5613} the space{G1909} of two{G1417} hours{G5610} cried out{G2896}{(G5723)}, Great{G3173} is Diana{G735} of the Ephesians{G2180}.