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Key Verses
- Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication1, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV
- Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications2, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men 1 Timothy 2:1 NKJV
- I love the LORD, because He hears [and continues to hear] My voice and my supplications3 (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs). Psalm 116:1 AMP
Supplication a separate entity
- While I was still speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God, while I was still speaking in prayer and extremely exhausted, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me about the time of the evening sacrifice. Daniel 9:20-21 AMP
- I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my supplications. Psalm 116:1 NASB
- And so it was, when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, that he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 1 Kings 8:54 NKJV
- And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me 1 Kings 9:3 NKJV
- So I directed my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. Daniel 9:3 NKJV
- praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints Ephesians 6:18 NKJV
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Examples
- Psalmist: I cried out to You, O LORD; And to the LORD I made supplication Psalm 30:8 NKJV
- Jesus: In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will]. Hebrews 5:7 AMP
- And being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. Luke 22:44 NASB
- Jacob: Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed; He wept and implored His favor. Hosea 12:4 NASB
- Hannah: In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. … I was pouring out my soul to the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:10,15 NIV
- Canaanite woman: And a Canaanite woman from that district came out and began to cry out [urgently], saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David (Messiah); my daughter is cruelly possessed by a demon.” Matthew 15:22 AMP
- Hezekiah: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, and said, “Please, Lord, just remember how I have walked before You wholeheartedly and in truth, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept profusely. Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. Isaiah 38:2-5 NASB
- The Church (Believers): Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him. Acts 12:5 BSB
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Songs
Footnotes
- 1162 δέησις [DE/HSIS] {déēsis} \deh'-ay-sis\ from 1189; a petition:--prayer, request, supplication. 1189 δέομαι [DE/OMAI] {déomai} \deh'-om-ahee\ middle voice of 1210; to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition:--beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare 4441.
- 1162 δέησις [DE/HSIS] {déēsis} \deh'-ay-sis\ from 1189; a petition:--prayer, request, supplication. 1189 δέομαι [DE/OMAI] {déomai} \deh'-om-ahee\ middle voice of 1210; to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition:--beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare 4441.
- 8469 תּחנוּנה תּחנוּן [tachănûn tachănûnâh] \{takh-an-oon'} takh-an-oo-naw'\ From 2603; earnest prayer: - {intreaty} supplication.