1 Timothy 2:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:11

And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;

Job 16:17

Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

Psalm 134:2

Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.

Psalm 24:4

He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

Psalm 26:6

I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

Psalm 28:2

Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

Psalm 35:13

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

Psalm 63:4

So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.

Psalm 66:18

I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

Proverbs 15:8

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

Isaiah 1:15

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

Matthew 21:21

And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

Matthew 6:12

And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

Luke 23:34

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

Luke 24:50

And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.

John 4:21

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

Acts 10:2

A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

Acts 10:31

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

Acts 10:4

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

Acts 21:5

And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

Acts 7:60

And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

1 Corinthians 7:7

It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.

Philippians 1:12

Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

1 Thessalonians 1:8

For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

1 Timothy 5:14

So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

Titus 3:8

This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

Hebrews 10:22

Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

1 Peter 3:7

And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.