For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.


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Genesis 11 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Genesis 11 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 13 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Genesis 30 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Exodus 4 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Exodus 20 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus 32 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Exodus 33 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
Deuteronomy 1 45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
Deuteronomy 3 26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Deuteronomy 4 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy 18 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Deuteronomy 18 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
Deuteronomy 28 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 29 4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Deuteronomy 30 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deuteronomy 32 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Judges 18 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
1 Samuel 12 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
1 Samuel 22 15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
1 Samuel 26 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
2 Samuel 14 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
1 Kings 3 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
1 Kings 8 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
1 Kings 22 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
2 Kings 22 18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
Nehemiah 2 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Job 6 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 7 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 8 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job 12 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 15 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 15 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 16 21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Job 21 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 21 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 32 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Job 33 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Job 34 16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Job 36 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Job 37 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Job 42 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms 3 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Psalms 4 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Psalms 5 1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalms 5 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Psalms 12 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?