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110 Bible Verses for Praying for the Nation
God is calling an army of warriors, people willing to fight for their nation, capable of establishing His kingdom here on Earth and not giving in to the ways of this world. To pray for your nation, it’s crucial to know God’s will for it. You need to understand His thoughts and His glorious design. Once you know that, you'll be fully prepared to see the results of your prayers, because the only way to have effective prayer is when you're completely guided by the voice of His Spirit.
When you lift up your nation in prayer, amidst its many needs, take a quiet moment to understand God's will in the matter. Once His voice within guides you, continue to pray according to God's way. He wants you to rise up as an intercessor in these times, to pray in His presence, asking for forgiveness for the wickedness and perversion of humanity. Ask forgiveness for the immorality, the injustices, the idolatry, and every practice that goes against the eternal statutes and commandments.
You can't give up on prayer. If you do, you're allowing evil to continue to affect your country. God has placed you where you live with a beautiful assignment: that His glory may be seen through you. Be an instrument in His hands. Open your mouth to bless, lift your hands to proclaim change, and seek unity within the body of Christ so that everyone prays for the same goal and sees the results of so much intercession more quickly.
The Bible¹ encourages us to pray without ceasing, and your nation deserves your fasting, vigilance, and continual seeking of God's favor so it can be free from the enemy's yoke and find rest from so much oppression. In this way, its people will enjoy a full life, secure and completely at peace.
¹ For example, 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Then Peter started speaking: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.
Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;
When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.
Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.
if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Work to see that the city where I sent you as exiles enjoys peace and prosperity. Pray to the Lord for it. For as it prospers you will prosper.’
A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down.
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!Serve the Lord in fear! Repent in terror!
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness.But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.For Adam was formed first and then Eve.And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into transgression.But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses!
I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called, ‘The Just City, Faithful Town.’”
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced,” says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.
Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you!O Lord, show us your loyal love! Bestow on us your deliverance!
Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.
A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.
I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations.
May the Lord bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,
O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king’s son the ability to make fair decisions!The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands will offer gifts; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring tribute.All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him.For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.May he live! May they offer him gold from Sheba! May they continually pray for him! May they pronounce blessings on him all day long!May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! He alone accomplishes amazing things!His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here.The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.
So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.
Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful.Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,
The Lord avenges me. O Lord, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made!
But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him.
They will rebuild the perpetual ruins and restore the places that were desolate; they will reestablish the ruined cities, the places that have been desolate since ancient times.
As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.You will subdue a lion and a snake; you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust –
The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!
For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:
and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.
so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
I thank my God every time I remember you.since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of youbecause of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be humiliated and disgraced!May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, “May the Lord be praised!”I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord!
If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.
Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.
O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!
I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name.”
The Lord will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!
Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.
He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
‘If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will hear and deliver us.’
Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule.
Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.
But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.
I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?My help comes from the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth!
Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
I love the Lord because he heard my plea for mercy,I had faith when I said, “I am severely oppressed.”I rashly declared, “All men are liars.”How can I repay the Lord for all his acts of kindness to me?I will celebrate my deliverance, and call on the name of the Lord.I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people.The Lord values the lives of his faithful followers.Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death.I will present a thank offering to you, and call on the name of the Lord.I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people,in the courts of the Lord’s temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help.
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.