1 Samuel 12:23

New American Bible - revised edition

As for me, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you and to teach you the good and right way.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:36

listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel (for you teach them the good way in which they should walk). Give rain to this land of yours which you have given to your people as their heritage.

2 Chronicles 6:27

listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. (For you teach them the good way in which they should walk.) Give rain upon this land of yours which you have given to your people as their heritage.

Psalm 122:6

For the peace of Jerusalem pray: “May those who love you prosper!

Psalm 34:11

The rich grow poor and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Psalm 34:12

Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you fear of the Lord.

Exodus 32:30

On the next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a grave sin. Now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I may be able to make atonement for your sin.”

Proverbs 4:11

On the way of wisdom I direct you, I lead you on straight paths.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

Qoheleth sought to find appropriate sayings, and to write down true sayings with precision.

Isaiah 30:21

And your ears shall hear a word behind you: “This is the way; walk in it,” when you would turn to the right or the left.

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them away from me and let them go.

Jeremiah 27:18

If they were prophets, if the word of the Lord were with them, then they would intercede with the Lord of hosts, that the vessels remaining in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem should not also go to Babylon.

Jeremiah 42:4

“Very well!” Jeremiah the prophet answered them: “I will pray to the Lord, your God, as you desire; whatever the Lord answers, I will tell you; I will withhold nothing from you.”

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord: Stand by the earliest roads, ask the pathways of old, “Which is the way to good?” and walk it; thus you will find rest for yourselves. But they said, “We will not walk it.”

Acts 12:5

Peter thus was being kept in prison, but prayer by the church was fervently being made to God on his behalf.

Acts 20:20

and I did not at all shrink from telling you what was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public or in your homes.

Romans 1:9

God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in proclaiming the gospel of his Son, that I remember you constantly,

1 Corinthians 9:16

If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me if I do not preach it!

Colossians 1:28

It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

Colossians 1:9

Therefore, from the day we heard this, we do not cease praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding

1 Thessalonians 3:10

Night and day we pray beyond measure to see you in person and to remedy the deficiencies of your faith.

2 Timothy 1:3

I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day.

1 Samuel 12:19

They said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants, that we may not die for having added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was displeased when they said, “Give us a king to rule us.” But he prayed to the Lord.