Jeremiah 27:18

New Century Version

If they are prophets and have the message from the Lord, let them pray to the Lord All-Powerful. Let them ask that the items which are still in the Temple of the Lord and in the king’s palace and in Jerusalem not be taken away to Babylon.

Cross References

Genesis 20:17

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his servant girls so they could have children.

1 Kings 18:24

You prophets of Baal, pray to your god, and I will pray to the Lord. The god who answers by setting fire to his wood is the true God.” All the people agreed that this was a good idea.

1 Kings 18:26

So they took the bull that was given to them and prepared it. They prayed to Baal from morning until noon, shouting “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered. They danced around the altar they had built.

2 Chronicles 32:20

King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed to heaven about this.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: “I would not feel sorry for the people of Judah even if Moses and Samuel prayed for them. Send them away from me! Tell them to go!

Jeremiah 18:20

Good should not be paid back with evil, but they have dug a pit in order to kill me. Remember that I stood before you and asked you to do good things for these people and to turn your anger away from them.

Jeremiah 42:2

They said to him, “Jeremiah, please listen to what we ask. Pray to the Lord your God for all the people left alive from the family of Judah. At one time there were many of us, but you can see that there are few of us now.

Jeremiah 7:16

“As for you, Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people. Don’t cry out for them or ask anything for them or beg me to help them, because I will not listen to you.

Ezekiel 14:14

Even if three great men like Noah, Daniel, and Job were in that country, their goodness could save only themselves, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:30

“I looked for someone to build up the walls and to stand before me where the walls are broken to defend these people so I would not have to destroy them. But I could not find anyone.

Malachi 1:9

“Now ask God to be kind to you, but he won’t accept you with such offerings,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

1 Samuel 12:19

They said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants! Don’t let us die! We’ve added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:23

I will surely not stop praying for you, because that would be sinning against the Lord. I will teach you what is good and right.

1 Samuel 7:8

They said to Samuel, “Don’t stop praying to the Lord our God for us! Ask him to save us from the Philistines!”