24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Obedience and Disobedience
• Prayer

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

• 1Thess 5:17 — Pray without ceasing.
• 2Kgs 10:16 — And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
• Col 3:24 — Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
• 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
• Dan 9:4 — And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
• Eph 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
• Heb 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Jas 4:6 — But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• Jas 5:15 — And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
• Jer 29:12 — Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
• John 7:4 — For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
• John 16:24 — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
• Luke 8:51 — And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
• Luke 11:43 — Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
• Luke 14:12 — Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and
• Luke 16:15 — And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
• Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Luke 18:10 — Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
• Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
• Luke 18:13 — And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
• Luke 20:47 — Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
• Mark 11:25 — And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• Mark 11:25 — And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• Mark 12:38 — And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
• Mark 12:38 — And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
• Matt 6:2 — Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have t
• Matt 6:2 — Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have t
• Matt 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
• Matt 9:38 — Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
• Matt 18:3 — And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 21:22 — And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
• Matt 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
• Prov 16:5 — Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
• Ps 5:2 — Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
• Ps 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
• Ps 145:18 — The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.