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Worship Scripture - Psalms 99:9

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God [is] holy....

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Prayer in Smiths Bible Dictionary

The object of this article will be to touch briefly on -- 1. The doctrine of Scripture as to the nature and efficacy of prayer; 2. Its directions as to time, place and manner of prayer; 3. Its types and examples of prayer. 1. Scripture does not give any theoretical explanation of the mystery which attaches to prayer. The difficulty of under...

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Prayer Scripture - 2 Samuel 7:27

For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee....

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Landmarks in Naves Topical Bible

Protected from fraudulent removal De 19:14; 27:17; Job 24:9; Pr 22:28; 23:10; Ho 5:10...

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Rain Scripture - 2 Chronicles 6:27

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance....

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Rain Scripture - Ezra 10:9

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It [was] the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of [this] matter, and for the great rain....

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Praise Scripture - 2 Chronicles 31:2

And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD....

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Worship Scripture - Isaiah 49:7

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, [and] the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee....

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Worship in Naves Topical Bible

To be rendered only to God Ex 20:3; De 5:7; 6:13; Mt 4:10; Lu 4:8; Ac 10:26; 14:15; Col 2:18; Re 19:10; 22:8 -Of Jesus See JESUS, WORSHIP OF -Acceptable to God Ge 4:4; 8:21 -Of the wicked rejected Ge 4:5,7 -See PRAYER, OF THE WICKED -"Iniquity of the holy things," Ex 28:38 -Public, in the temple Jer 26:2; Lu 18:10; 24:53 -David's ord...

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Prayer in Easton's Bible Dictionary

is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or formal. It is a "beseeching the Lord" (Ex. 32:11); "pouring out the soul before the Lord" (1 Sam. 1:15); "praying and crying to heaven" (2 Chr. 3...

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