16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Holiness
• Prayer

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Kgs 18:42 — So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
• Col 4:2 — Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
• Dan 6:10 — Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave
• Gen 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
• Heb 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
• Isa 26:9 — With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
• Lam 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint fo
• Luke 4:42 — And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
• Luke 5:16 — And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
• Luke 9:28 — And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
• Luke 11:1 — And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
• Mark 1:35 — And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
• Mark 1:35 — And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
• Mark 3:13 — And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
• Mark 6:46 — And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
• Mark 6:46 — And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
• Mark 14:34 — And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
• Matt 6:6 — But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
• Matt 9:38 — Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
• Matt 14:23 — And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
• Matt 14:23 — And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
• Ps 16:7 — I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
• Ps 22:2 — O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
• Ps 22:2 — O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
• Ps 55:15 — Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
• Ps 109:3 — They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
• Ps 119:148 — Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.