New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about intercession

Backing up your friends when they are going through a rough patch means stepping up to fight their battles for them. Looking at verses about intercession shows that praying for other people is a massive way to help when someone else is stuck, hurting, or completely overwhelmed. Instead of only asking God to hook you up with what you want, you are basically acting like a spiritual defense attorney for your crew. The Bible points out that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are constantly stepping in to pray for us, which means we get to do the exact same thing for our classmates, family members, and teachers who need a serious breakthrough. Pulling for someone else in prayer changes things behind the scenes in ways you might never fully see. When you lift up people who are struggling, you jump right into God's team effort to rescue and comfort the world.

Then Abraham came up to him. He said, "Will you sweep away godly people along with those who are evil?
Genesis 18:23

What if there are 50 godly people in the city? Will you really sweep it away? Won't you spare the place because of the 50 godly people in it?
Genesis 18:24

"You would never kill godly people along with those who are evil, would you? You wouldn't treat godly and evil people alike. You would never do anything like that! Won't the Judge of the whole earth do what is right?"
Genesis 18:25

The Lord said, "If I find 50 godly people in the city of Sodom, I will save it. I will spare the whole place because of them."
Genesis 18:26

Then he said, "Lord, don't let your anger burn against me. Let me speak just one more time. What if only ten are found there?" He answered, "If there are ten, I will not destroy it."
Genesis 18:32

But Moses asked the Lord his God to show favor to the people. "Lord," he said, "why should your anger burn against your people? You used your great power and mighty hand to bring them out of Egypt.
Exodus 32:11

Why should the Egyptians say, 'He brought them out to hurt them. He wanted to kill them in the mountains. He wanted to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn away from your burning anger. Please take pity on your people. Don't destroy them!
Exodus 32:12

So Moses went back to the Lord. He said, "These people have committed a terrible sin. They have made a god out of gold for themselves.
Exodus 32:31

Now please forgive their sin. But if you won't, then erase my name from the scroll you have written."
Exodus 32:32

Moses said to the Lord, "Then the Egyptians will hear about it. You used your power to bring these people up from among them.
Numbers 14:13

"And the Egyptians will tell the people who live in Canaan about it. Lord, they have already heard a lot about you. They've heard that you are with these people. They've heard that you have been seen face to face. They've been told that your cloud stays over them. They've heard that you go in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day. They've been told that you go in front of them in a pillar of fire at night.
Numbers 14:14

"Suppose you put these people to death all at one time. Then the nations who have heard those things about you will talk. They'll say,
Numbers 14:15

"Lord, your love is great. So forgive the sin of these people. Forgive them just as you have done from the time they left Egypt until now."
Numbers 14:19

But Moses and Aaron fell with their faces to the ground. They cried out, "God, you are the God who creates the spirits of all people. Will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?"
Numbers 16:22

He stood between those who were alive and those who were dead. And the plague stopped.
Numbers 16:48

Then Samuel said, "Gather all of the people of Israel together at Mizpah. I will pray to the Lord for you."
1 Samuel 7:5

"I would never sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. I'll teach you to live in a way that is good and right.
1 Samuel 12:23

He makes his appeal to God to help me as a man begs someone to help his friend.
Job 16:21

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him successful again. He gave him twice as much as he had before.
Job 42:10

So he said he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stood up for them. He kept God's anger from destroying them.
Psalm 106:23

So I will give him a place of honor among those who are great. He will be rewarded just like others who win the battle. That is because he was willing to give his life as a sacrifice. He was counted among those who had committed crimes. He took the sins of many people on himself. And he gave his life for those who had done what is wrong."
Isaiah 53:12

He sees that there is no one who helps his people. He is shocked that no one stands up for them. So he will use his own powerful arm to save them. He has the strength to do it because he is holy.
Isaiah 59:16

Jerusalem, I have stationed guards on your walls. They must never be silent day or night. You who call out to the Lord must not give yourselves any rest.
Isaiah 62:6

And don't give him any rest until he makes Jerusalem secure. Don't give him any peace until people all over the earth praise that city.
Isaiah 62:7

"Jeremiah, do not pray for those people. Do not make any appeal or request for them. Do not beg me. I will not listen to you.
Jeremiah 7:16

" 'If they are prophets and have received a message from me, let them pray to me. I am the Lord who rules over all. Those prophets should pray that what is still in Jerusalem will remain here. They should pray that the articles in my house and the king's palace will not be taken to Babylon.
Jeremiah 27:18

"Also work for the success of the city I have sent you to. Pray to the Lord for that city. If it succeeds, you too will enjoy success."
Jeremiah 29:7

"I looked for a man among them who would stand up for Jerusalem. I tried to find someone who would pray to me for the land. Then I would not have to destroy it. But I could not find anyone who would pray for it.
Ezekiel 22:30

The locusts stripped the land clean. Then I cried out, "Lord and King, forgive Israel! How can Jacob's people continue? They are such a weak nation!"
Amos 7:2

Then I cried out, "Lord and King, please stop! How can Jacob's people continue? They are such a weak nation!"
Amos 7:5

"I pray for them. I am not praying for the world. I am praying for those you have given me, because they are yours.
John 17:9

"I do not pray only for them. I pray also for those who will believe in me because of their message.
John 17:20

In the same way, the Holy Spirit helps us when we are weak. We don't know what we should pray for. But the Spirit himself prays for us. He prays with groans too deep for words.
Romans 8:26

Who can sentence us to death? Christ Jesus is at the right hand of God and is also praying for us. He died. More than that, he was raised to life.
Romans 8:34

At all times, pray by the power of the Spirit. Pray all kinds of prayers. Be watchful, so that you can pray. Always keep on praying for all of God's people.
Ephesians 6:18

First, I want all of you to pray for everyone. Ask God to bless them. Give thanks for them.
1 Timothy 2:1

Pray for kings. Pray for all who are in authority. Pray that we will live peaceful and quiet lives. And pray that we will be godly and holy.
1 Timothy 2:2

People now come to God through him. And he is able to save them completely and for all time. Jesus lives forever. He prays for them.
Hebrews 7:25

Christ did not enter a sacred tent made by people. That tent was only a copy of the true one. He entered heaven itself. He did it to stand in front of God for us. He is there right now.
Hebrews 9:24

Are any of you sick? Then send for the elders of the church to pray over you. Ask them to anoint you with oil in the name of the Lord.
James 5:14

So admit to one another that you have sinned. Pray for one another so that you might be healed. The prayer of a godly person is powerful. It makes things happen.
James 5:16

New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about intercession

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