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Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands in the holy place and praise the Lord!
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Psalms 63:4
So I will praise You as long as I live; at Your name, I will lift up my hands.
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James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!
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Isaiah 1:15
When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
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1 Timothy 5 14
Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.
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Jeremiah 7:9-10
“ Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?Then do you come and stand before Me in this house called by My name and say,‘ We are delivered, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts’?
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John 4:21
Jesus told her,“ Believe Me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
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Acts 21:5
When our days there were over, we left to continue our journey, while all of them, with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach to pray,
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Titus 3:8
This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone.
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Acts 10:2
He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.
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Luke 23:34
Then Jesus said,“ Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided His clothes and cast lots.
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Acts 10:4
Looking intently at him, he became afraid and said,“ What is it, lord?” The angel told him,“ Your prayers and your acts of charity have come up as a memorial offering before God.
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Lamentations 3:55-56
I called on Your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the Pit.You hear my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief.
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1 Corinthians 7 7
I wish that all people were just like me. But each has his own gift from God, one person in this way and another in that way.
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Malachi 1:9-11
“ And now ask for God’s favor. Will He be gracious to us? Since this has come from your hands, will He show any of you favor?” asks the Lord of Hosts.“ I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Hosts,“ and I will accept no offering from your hands.“ For My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Hosts.
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Isaiah 58:7-11
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?Then your light will appear like the dawn, and your recovery will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the Lord’s glory will be your rear guard.At that time, when you call, the Lord will answer; when you cry out, He will say,‘ Here I am.’ If you get rid of the yoke among you, the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,and if you offer yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted one, then your light will shine in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.The Lord will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose waters never run dry.
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Acts 7:60
Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice,“ Lord, do not charge them with this sin!” And saying this, he fell asleep.
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Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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Matthew 5:22-24
But I tell you, everyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. And whoever says to his brother,‘ Fool!’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says,‘ You moron!’ will be subject to hellfire.So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
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1 Peter 3 7
Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with an understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
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James 1:6-8
But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.
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John 4:23-24
But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him.God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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Jonah 2:1-2
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish:I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice.
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Matthew 21:21
Jesus answered them,“ I assure you: If you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only 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 be done.
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Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
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1John 3:20-22
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Mark 11:23-25
I assure you: If anyone says to this mountain,‘ Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for— believe that you have received them, and you will have them.And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.
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Luke 24:50
Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them.
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Acts 10:31
and said,‘ Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered in God’s sight.
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Matthew 6:14-15
“ For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.But if you don’t forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.
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Luke 23:42-43
Then he said,“ Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”And He said to him,“ I assure you: Today you will be with Me in paradise.”
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Psalms 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence and go around Your altar, Lord,
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Psalms 66:18
If I had been aware of malice in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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Job 16:17
although my hands are free from violence and my prayer is pure.
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Psalms 130:1-2
Out of the depths I call to You, Yahweh!Lord, listen to my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my cry for help.
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Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable— how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!
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2 Chronicles 33 11-2 Chronicles 33 12
So He brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
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1 Kings 3 11
So God said to him,“ Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to understand justice,
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Psalms 24:4
The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not set his mind on what is false, and who has not sworn deceitfully.
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Psalms 35:13
Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine.
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Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.