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222 Prayers of the Bible The following list of Bible prayers is from the Dake Annotated Reference Bible, King James Version (Used by Permission –  Dake Publishing ). Dake found 176 prayers in the Old Testament and 46 in the New Testament.  They include only actual worded prayers, not references to prayer.  All statements as “he prayed, he entreated the Lord, he called upon the name of the Lord,” etc., are not prayers; they merely mention that certain people prayed. Six Prayers in Genesis: 1. Abraham for an heir (40 words;  Gen 15:2-3 ). Answered because God had promised ( Gen 21:1-8 ). 2. Abraham for Ishmael to be his heir (7 words;  Gen 17:18 ). Unanswered because it was not in harmony with God’s word and plan. 3. Abraham for Sodom to be spared if 10 persons were righteous (176 words;  Gen 18:23-32 ). Unanswered because 10 righteous persons weren’t found ( Gen 19:24 ). 4. Eliezer, steward of Abraham, for a bride for Isaac (110 words;  Gen 24:12-14 ). Answered because it was according

Skip to content 2 Samuel 7:18-29 [18]Then King David went into the Tent of the Lord’s presence, sat down and prayed, “I am not worthy of what you have already done for me, Sovereign Lord, nor is my family. [19]Yet now you are doing even more, Sovereign Lord; you have made promises about my descendants in the years to come. And you let a man see this, Sovereign Lord! [20]What more can I say to you! You know me, your servant. [21]It was your will and purpose to do this; you have done all these great things in order to teach me. [22]How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is none like you; we have always known that you alone are God. [23]There is no other nation on earth like Israel, whom you rescued from slavery to make them your own people. The g