פָּלַל, paw-lal’
a prim. root; to judge (officially or mentally): by extens. to interceed, pray – entreat judge (-ment, (make) pray (-er, ing), make suplication.
GENESIS
- 20:7 Now then, return the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all that are yours.”
- GEN 20:17 Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.
NUMBERS
- 11:2 But the people cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire abated.
- 21:7 The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD to take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
DEUTERONOMY
- 9:20 The LORD was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him, but I interceded also on behalf of Aaron at that same time.
- 9:26 I prayed to the LORD and said, “Lord GOD, do not destroy the people who are your very own possession, whom you redeemed in your greatness,whom you brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
I SAMUEL
- 1:10 She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD, and wept bitterly.
- 1:12 As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli observed her mouth.
- 1:26 And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the LORD.
- 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD has granted me the petition that I made to him.
- 2:1 Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the LORD; my strength is exalted in my God. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in my victory.
- 2:25 If one person sins against another, someone can intercede for the sinner with the LORD; but if someone sins against the LORD, who can make intercession?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father; for it was the will of the LORD to kill them.
- 7:5 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”
- 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” Samuel prayed to the LORD,
- 12:19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants, so that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of demanding a king for ourselves.”
- 12:23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
II SAMUEL
- 7:27 For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, `I will build you a house’; therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
I KINGS
- 8:28 Regard your servant’s prayer and his plea, O LORD my God,heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you today;
- 8:30 Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place; O hear in heaven your dwelling place; heed and forgive.
- 8:33 “When your people Israel, having sinned against you, are defeated before an enemy but turn again to you, confess your name, pray and plead with you in this house,
- 8:35 “When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and then they pray toward this place, confess your name, and turn from their sin, because you punish them,
- 8:42 ‑for they shall hear of your great name, your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm‑ when a foreigner comes and prays toward this house,
- 8:44 “If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,
- 8:48 if they repent with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies, who took them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their ancestors, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name;name,
- 8:54 Now when Solomon finished offering all this prayer and this plea to the LORD, he arose from facing the altar of the LORD, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven;
- 13:6 The king said to the man of God, “Entreat now the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God entreated the LORD; and the king’s hand was restored to him, and became as it was before.me;name,
II KINGS
- 4:33 So he went in and closed the door on the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
- 6:17 Then Elisha prayed: “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw; the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
- 6:18 When the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, “Strike this people, please, with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness as Elisha had asked.
- 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: “O LORD the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
- 19:20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I have heard your prayer to me about King Sennacherib of Assyria.
- 20:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD:
I CHRONICLES
- 17:25 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him; therefore your servant has found it possible to pray before you.
II CHRONICALS
- 6:19 Regard your servant’s prayer and his plea, O LORD my God,heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you.
- 6:20 May your eyes be open day and night toward this house, the place where you promised to set your name, and may you heed the prayer that your servant prays toward this place.
- 6:24 “When your people Israel, having sinned against you, are defeated before an enemy but turn again to you, confess your name, pray and plead with you in this house,
- 6:26 “When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and then they pray toward this place, confess your name, and turn from their sin, because you punish them,
- 6:32 “Likewise when foreigners, who are not of your people Israel, come from a distant land because of your great name, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house,
- 6:38 if they repent with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity, to which they were taken captive, and pray toward their land,which you gave to their ancestors, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,
- 7:1 When Solomon had ended his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- 7:14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves,pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
- 30:18 For a multitude of the people, many of them from Ephraim,Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the passover otherwise than as prescribed. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying,”The good LORD pardon all your name,
- 32:20 Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed because of this and cried to heaven.
- 32:24 In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. He prayed to the LORD, and he answered him and gave him a sign.
- 33:13 He prayed to him, and God received his entreaty, heard his plea, and restored him again to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD indeed was God.
EZRA
- 10:1 While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him out of Israel; the people also wept bitterly.
NEHEMIAH
- 1:4 When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
- 1:6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Both I and my family have sinned.
- 2:4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- 4:9 So we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.
JOB
- 42:8 Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has done.”
- 42:10 And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
PSALMS
- 5:2 Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
- 32:6 Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them.
- 72:15 Long may he live! May gold of Sheba be given to him. May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all day long.
- 106:30 Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, and the plague was stopped.
ISAIAH
- 16:12 When Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself upon the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.
- 37:15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying:
- 37:21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria,
- 38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD:
- 44:17 The rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, bows down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god!”
- 45:14 Thus says the LORD: The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, tall of stature, shall come over to you and be yours, they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying, “God is with you alone, and there is no other; there is no god besides him.”
- 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come together, draw near, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge‑ those who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
JEREMIAH
- 7:16 As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry or prayer on their behalf, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.
- 11:14 As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.
- 14:11 The LORD said to me: Do not pray for the welfare of this people.
- 29:7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
- 29:12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.
- 32:16 After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:
- 37:3 King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah saying, “Please pray for us to the LORD our God.”
- 42:2 the prophet Jeremiah and said, “Be good enough to listen to our plea, and pray to the LORD your God for us‑ for all this remnant. For there are only a few of us left out of many, as your eyes can see.
- 42:4 The prophet Jeremiah said to them, “Very well: I am going to pray to the LORD your God as you request, and whatever the LORD answers you I will tell you; I will keep nothing back from you.”
- 42:20 that you have made a fatal mistake. For you yourselves sent me to the LORD your God, saying, `Pray for us to the LORD our God, and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us and we will do it.’
EZEKIEL
- 16:52 Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have brought about for your sisters a more favorable judgment; because of your sins in which you actedmore abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed,you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appearrighteous.
DANIEL
- 9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “Ah,Lord, great and awesome God, keeping covenant and steadfast love with those who love you and keep your commandments,
- 9:20 While I was speaking, and was praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God on behalf of the holy mountain of my God
JONAH
- 2:1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
- 4:2 He prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing.