Matthew 6:7 Cross References

Matthew 6:7

7: "When you pray, don't babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered only by repeating their words again and again.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

  1. And don't make rash promises to God, for he is in heaven, and you are only here on earth. So let your words be few.
  2. Just as being too busy gives you nightmares, being a fool makes you a blabbermouth.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

  1. Dreaming all the time instead of working is foolishness. And there is ruin in a flood of empty words. Fear God instead.

1 Kings 18:26

  1. So they prepared one of the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they called on the name of Baal all morning, shouting, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced wildly around the altar they had made.
  2. About noontime Elijah began mocking them. "You'll have to shout louder," he scoffed, "for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or he is relieving himself. Or maybe he is away on a trip, or he is asleep and needs to be wakened!"
  3. So they shouted louder, and following their normal custom, they cut themselves with knives and swords until the blood gushed out.
  4. They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice, but still there was no reply, no voice, no answer.

Matthew 26:44

  1. So he went back to pray a third time, saying the same things again.

Acts 19:34

  1. But when the crowd realized he was a Jew, they started shouting again and kept it up for two hours: "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Matthew 26:39

  1. He went on a little farther and fell face down on the ground, praying, "My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine."

Daniel 9:18

  1. "O my God, listen to me and hear my request. Open your eyes and see our wretchedness. See how your city lies in ruins--for everyone knows that it is yours. We do not ask because we deserve help, but because you are so merciful.
  2. "O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, O my God, do not delay, for your people and your city bear your name."

1 Kings 8:26

  1. Now, O God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David, my father.
  2. "But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!
  3. Listen to my prayer and my request, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is making to you today.
  4. May you watch over this Temple both day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name. May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.
  5. May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.

Matthew 18:17

  1. If that person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. If the church decides you are right, but the other person won't accept it, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.

Matthew 26:42

  1. Again he left them and prayed, "My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away until I drink it, your will be done."

Matthew 6:32

  1. Why be like the pagans who are so deeply concerned about these things? Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs,
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