How to read and how to pray
Answered Prayers
Blackwood’s Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Bible · Vol. I, p. 57
Begins on Vol. I, p. 57
Recorded in the Old and New Testaments.
| By Whom Offered. | Subject or Nature of Petition. | The Record. |
|---|---|---|
| Abram | Being childless, asks an heir | Gen. xv. 1-6. |
| Lot | Permission to escape to Zoar | Gen. xix. 18-22. |
| Eliezer | For success on his errand | Gen. xxiv. |
| Isaac | For children | Gen. xxv. 21, 24-26. |
| Jacob | Implores deliverance from his brother | Gen.xxxii. 9,xxxiii.4. |
| Israel | Wrestles with GOD all night for His blessing | Gen. xxxii. 24-30. |
| The Israelites | For deliverance from bondage | Ex. ii. 23-25. |
| Moses | That he may see the Promised Land | Deut.iii.25; xxxiv.1-4 |
| The Israelites | Power to overcome the king of Canaan | Judg. iv. 3, 23. |
| Gideon | For signs of success | Judg. vi. 36-40. |
| Samson | For water to quench his thirst | Judg. xv. 18, 19. |
| Samson | For strength to obtain vengeance on the Philistines | Judg. xvi. 28-30. |
| Hannah | For a son | 1 Sam. i. 10-28. |
| David | Returns thanks and prays for continued favor | 2 Sam. vii. |
| Solomon | For an understanding heart (wisdom) | 1 Kings iii. 6-14. |
| Elisha | For deliverance from a Syrian force | 2 Kings vi. 17-23. |
| Jehoahaz | For deliverance from the Syrians | 2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. |
| Hezekiah | Protection against Sennacherib | 2 Kings xix. 15, etc. |
| Hezekiah | For recovery from dangerous illness | 2 Kings xx. |
| Jabez | For the Divine blessing | 1 Chron. iv. 10, etc. |
| The Reubenites. | For victory in an approaching battle | 1 Chron. v. 18-22. |
| Abijah's Army | For victory over Jeroboam | 2 Chron. xiii. 14-18. |
| Asa | For aid against the Ethiopians | 2 Chron. xiv. 11-15. |
| Jehoshaphat | For victory over the Syrians | 2 Chron. xviii. 31. |
| Jehoshaphat | For protection against his enemies | 2 Chron. xx. 6-27. |
| Manasseh | For deliverance from the Assyrians | 2 Chron. xxxiii. 12, 13 |
| Nehemiah | For protection from Sanballat and Tobiah | Neh. iv. |
| Agur | For moderation in his desires | Prov. xxix. |
| Jonah | For deliverance from the whale | Jonah ii. |
| Zacharias | For a son | Luke i. 13. |
| The Publican | For mercy, forgiveness and justification | Luke xviii. 9-14. |
| The Crucified Thief | To be remembered by Jesus | Luke xxiii. 42, 43. |
| The Apostles | On choosing an Apostle | Acts i. 15-26. |
| The Church | For protection under persecution | Acts iv. 23-31. |
| Cornelius | For Divine favor and enlightenment | Acts x. 1-4, etc. |
| Intercessory. | ||
| Abraham | For Ishmael | Gen. xvii. 18-20. |
| Abraham | For Sodom and Gomorrah | Gen. xviii. 20-32. |
| Abraham | For Abimelech and his family | Gen. xx. 17. |
| Moses | For Pharaoh (four times) | Ex. viii. 12, 13, 30, 31; ix. 33; x. 18, 19. |
| Moses | For the children of Israel (five times) | Exod. xxxii. 11-14, 31-34; xxxiii. 15-17; Num. xi. 2; xiv. 13-20; xxi. 7, 8. (See Ps. cvi. 23.) |
| Moses | For Miriam | Num. xii. 11-14. |
| Samuel | For the Israelites | 1 Sam. vii. 5-12. |
| Solomon | For God's favor on the Temple and on the people | 1 Kings viii.-ix. 3. |
| A prophet | For the cure of the king's hand | 1 Kings xiii. 6. |
| Elijah | For restoration of life to widow's son | 1 Kings xvii. 20-23. |
| Elijah | That God would triumph over Baal | 1 Kings xviii. 36-38. |
| Elisha | For restoration of life to the Shunammite's son | 2 Kings iv. 33-35. |
| Hezekiah | For those who had eaten the Passover unsanctified | 2 Chron. xxx. 18-20. |
| The Levites | For the people | 2 Chron. xxx. 27. |
| Ezra | Confession in behalf of the people | Ezra ix. |
| Nehemiah | For the remnant in captivity | Neh. i. |
| Jeremiah | For relief of the people in the great famine (answered unfavorably) | Jer. xiv. |
| Jeremiah | For the remnant of Judah | Jer. xlii. |
| Daniel | For the restoration of Jerusalem | Dan. ix. 20-23. |
| Habakkuk | For revival of God's work (a noble model of prayer) | Hab. iii. |
| St. Peter | For restoration of life to Dorcas | Acts ix. 40. |
| The Church | For St. Peter's deliverance from prison | Acts xii. 5-12. |
| St. Paul | For the father of Publius | Acts xxviii. 8. |