Quotes about Prayer
From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
— Jonah 2:1
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
— Jonah 2:2
At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
— Jonah 2:4
As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
— Jonah 2:7
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
— Jonah 3:8
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
— Jonah 3:9
So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
— Jonah 4:2
And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
— Jonah 4:3
Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
— Micah 3:4
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
— Micah 7:7
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
— Habakkuk 1:2
This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:
— Habakkuk 3:1