Ephesians 6:18

All of this is to be carried on in constant, Spirit-led prayer, watchful and persevering, including intercession for all of God's people. It matters because the armor is worn in dependence on God, expressed through prayer.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Th 5:17Pray without ceasing.
• Col 4:2Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
• Phil 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
• 1 Tim 2:1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
• Jude 1:20But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
• Rom 8:26–27In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
• Mark 14:38Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
• Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
• Luke 18:1–8Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
• Matt 26:41“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
• Dan 9:20While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
• Eph 1:16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
• Ps 6:9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
• Luke 22:46“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
• Rom 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
• Mark 13:33Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
• Acts 1:14With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
• Heb 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
• Phil 1:4In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,
• Ps 4:1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
• 1 Kgs 8:52May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
• 1 Pet 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
• 2 Tim 1:3I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
• Acts 12:5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
• 1 Kgs 8:54Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
• 1 Kgs 9:3And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
• Matt 15:25–28The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
• Gen 32:24–28So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
• Dan 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
• 1 Kgs 8:59And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
• Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
• Luke 11:5–8Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
• Isa 26:16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
• Hos 12:4Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
• Zech 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
• Acts 6:4and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
• Eph 6:19Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,
• Acts 10:2He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
• Phlm 1:5because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
• Esth 4:8Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

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