20 Bible Verses about Importunity, Towards God

At evening and morning and high noon, have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice!

My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation? My God! I keep crying - By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.

Show me favour, O My Lord, For, unto thee, do I cry, all the day;

O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, also before thee.

Unceasingly, pray,

But, she who is indeed a widow, and is left alone, hath turned her hope towards God, and is giving attendance unto the supplications and the prayers, night and day, -

Be asking, and it shall be given you, Be seeking, and ye shall find, - Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you. For, whosoever asketh, receiveth, and, he that seeketh, findeth, - and, to him that knocketh, shall it be opened.

I, therefore, unto you, say - Be asking, and it shall be given to you, Be seeking, and ye shall find, - Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you.

And he was speaking a parable unto them, as to its being needful for them always to pray, and not be faint-hearted;

saying - A certain judge, there was in a certain city, - having, for God, no reverence, and, for man, no respect. And, a widow, there was, in that city; and she kept coming unto him, saying - Vindicate me from mine adversary! And he was unwilling for a time; but, after these things, he said within himself - Although, neither God, I reverence, nor man, I respect,read more.
Yet, if only because this widow annoyeth me, I will vindicate her, - lest, persistently coming, she wholly wear me out. And the Lord said - Hear ye what, the unrighteous judge saith; - And shall, God, in any wise not execute the vindication of his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, although he beareth long with regard to them? I tell you - He will execute their vindication, quickly! nevertheless, though, the Son of Man, do come, will he, after all, find the faith on the earth?

With all prayer and supplication, praying in every season, in spirit, and, thereunto, watching, with all perseverance and supplication, for all the saints, -

For God is, my witness, - unto whom I am rendering divine service in my spirit, in the glad message of his Son, - how incessantly, I am making mention of you At all times in my prayers, - making supplication - if, by some means, even now, at any time, I may have a way opened, in the will of God, to come unto you;

Epaphras who is from among you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, - at all times, contending in your behalf in his prayers, that ye may be caused to stand complete and fully assured in everything willed by God;

We are giving thanks unto God continually, concerning you all, making, mention, in our prayers, Unceasingly, remembering - your work of faith and labour of love and endurance of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father:

Grateful, am I, unto God, - unto whom I am rendering divine service from my progenitors in a pure conscience, that, incessant, hold I the remembrance, concerning thee, in my supplications; day and night,

I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.

Out of the depths, have I cried unto thee, O Yahweh.

Give ear, O God, to my prayer, And do not hide thyself from my supplication: Attend unto me, and answer me, I may ramble in my complaining, And be driven to and fro -

Hear, O God, my loud cry, Attend unto my prayer: From the end of the earth, unto thee do I cry, When my heart fainteth away, Unto a rock that is higher than I, wilt thou lead me.

Let both man and beast, cover themselves with sackcloth, and let them cry unto God, mightily, - Yea let them turn, every man from his wicked way, and from the violence which is in their hands: