1 Timothy 2:8

New Century Version

So, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up their hands in a holy manner, without anger and arguments.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:11

So God said to him, “You did not ask for a long life, or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies. Since you asked for wisdom to make the right decisions,

Job 16:17

Yet my hands have never done anything cruel, and my prayer is pure.

Psalm 134:2

Raise your hands in the Temple and praise the Lord.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be like incense placed before you, and my praise like the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 24:4

Only those with clean hands and pure hearts, who have not worshiped idols, who have not made promises in the name of a false god.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands to show I am innocent, and I come to your altar, Lord.

Psalm 28:2

Hear the sound of my prayer, when I cry out to you for help. I raise my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Psalm 35:13

Yet when they were sick, I put on clothes of sadness and showed my sorrow by fasting. But my prayers were not answered.

Psalm 63:4

I will praise you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands in prayer to your name.

Psalm 66:18

If I had known of any sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened to me.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the sacrifice that the wicked offer, but he likes the prayers of honest people.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord hates sacrifices brought by evil people, particularly when they offer them for the wrong reasons.

Isaiah 1:15

When you raise your arms to me in prayer, I will refuse to look at you. Even if you say many prayers, I will not listen to you, because your hands are full of blood.

Matthew 21:21

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I did to this tree and even more. You will be able to say to this mountain, ‘Go, fall into the sea.’ And if you have faith, it will happen.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, love your enemies. Pray for those who hurt you.

Matthew 6:12

Forgive us for our sins, just as we have forgiven those who sinned against us.

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they don’t know what they are doing.” The soldiers threw lots to decide who would get his clothes.

Luke 24:50

Jesus led his followers as far as Bethany, and he raised his hands and blessed them.

John 4:21

Jesus said, “Believe me, woman. The time is coming when neither in Jerusalem nor on this mountain will you actually worship the Father.

Acts 10:2

Cornelius was a religious man. He and all the other people who lived in his house worshiped the true God. He gave much of his money to the poor and prayed to God often.

Acts 10:31

He said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and has seen that you give to the poor and remembers you.

Acts 10:4

Cornelius stared at the angel. He became afraid and said, “What do you want, Lord?” The angel said, “God has heard your prayers. He has seen that you give to the poor, and he remembers you.

Acts 21:5

When we finished our visit, we left and continued our trip. All the followers, even the women and children, came outside the city with us. After we all knelt on the beach and prayed,

Acts 7:60

He fell on his knees and cried in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” After Stephen said this, he died.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God in Corinth, to you who have been made holy in Christ Jesus. You were called to be God’s holy people with all people everywhere who pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

1 Corinthians 7:7

I wish that everyone were like me, but each person has his own gift from God. One has one gift, another has another gift.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s victory parade. God uses us to spread his knowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling perfume.

Philippians 1:12

I want you brothers and sisters to know that what has happened to me has helped to spread the Good News.

1 Thessalonians 1:8

And the Lord’s teaching spread from you not only into Macedonia and Southern Greece, but now your faith in God has become known everywhere. So we do not need to say anything about it.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I want the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their homes. Then no enemy will have any reason to criticize them.

Titus 3:8

This teaching is true, and I want you to be sure the people understand these things. Then those who believe in God will be careful to use their lives for doing good. These things are good and will help everyone.

Hebrews 10:22

let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, because we have been made free from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure.

1 Peter 3:7

In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives in an understanding way, since they are weaker than you. But show them respect, because God gives them the same blessing he gives you—the grace that gives true life. Do this so that nothing will stop your prayers.