OF MAN WITH MAN
1 Samuel 2:25
INSTANCES OF
Reuben for Joseph
Genesis 37:21,22
Judah for Joseph
Genesis 37:26,27
Pharaoh’s chief baker for Joseph
Genesis 41:9-13; 40:14
Jonathan for David
1 Samuel 19:1-7
Abigail for Nabal
1 Samuel 25:23-35
Joab for Absalom
2 Samuel 14:1-24
Bath-sheba
For Solomon
1 Kings 1:15-31
For Adonijah
1 Kings 2:13-25
Ebed-melech for Jeremiah
Jeremiah 38:7-13
Elisha offers to see the king for the Shunammite woman
2 Kings 4:13
The king of Syria for Naaman
2 Kings 5:6-8
Paul for Onesimus
Philippians 1:10-21
OF MAN WITH GOD
Genesis 20:7; Exodus 28:12,29,30,38; 32:9-14; Numbers 6:23-26; 14:11-21; 16:46-50; Deuteronomy 5:5; 7:9; 9:18,20,25-29; 1 Samuel 7:5-8; 12:23; 15:24-26,30; Job 1:5; 9:32,33; 16:21; 42:8-10; Psalms 122:6; Isaiah 62:6,7; 65:8; Jeremiah 5:1; 7:16; 11:14; 14:11; 15:1; 29:7; Ezekiel 22:30; Matthew 8:5-13; Mark 6:55,56; Ephesians 6:18; 1 Timothy 2:1,2; Hebrews 13:18; James 5:14-20; 1 Peter 2:5,9; 1 John 5:16
EXEMPLIFIED
Genesis 48:15-20; Exodus 32:31,32; 34:9; Numbers 10:35,36; 27:16,17; Joshua 7:7-26; Judges 5:31; Ruth 2:12; 1 Samuel 1:17; 12:23; 2 Samuel 24:17; 1 Kings 8:29,38,39,44,45; 1 Chronicles 29:18,19; 2 Chronicles 6:40,41; 30:18,19; Psalms 7:9; 12:1; 20:1-4; 25:22; 28:9; 36:10; 51:18; 80:1,2,14,15,17,19; 122:7,8; 125:4; 132:8-10; 134:3; 141:5; Isaiah 62:1; 63:17-19; 64:8-12; Jeremiah 18:20; Ezekiel 9:8; 11:13; Daniel 9:3-19; Joel 2:17; Micah 7:14; Matthew 5:44; 6:10; Acts 7:60; 8:15; Romans 1:9; 10:1; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 9:10,14; 13:7; Galatians 1:3; 6:16; Ephesians 1:15-19; 3:14-19; Philippians 1:3-5,9,10; Colossians 1:3,4,9; 2:1,2; 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 3:10,12,13; 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 2:16,17; 3:5,16; 2 Timothy 1:3,18; 2:7; 4:16; Philippians 1:4-6; Hebrews 13:20,21; 1 Peter 5:10
ADDITIONAL INSTANCES OF
Abraham
On behalf of Sodom
Genesis 18:23-32
On behalf of Abimelech
Genesis 20:17,18
Abraham’s servant, on behalf of his master
Genesis 24:12
Jacob, on behalf of his children
Genesis 49
Moses, on behalf of Pharaoh
Exodus 8:12,13,30,31; 9:33; 10:18,19
Moses
For Israel
Numbers 16:20-22; 21:7; Deuteronomy 33:6-17; Psalms 106:23
For Miriam
Numbers 12:13-15
David, for Israel
2 Samuel 24:17
Solomon, for Israel
1 Kings 8:29-53
Ezra, for Israel
Ezra 9:5-15
Nehemiah, on behalf of Judah and Jerusalem
Nehemiah 1:4-9
Asaph, for the congregation
Psalms 80; 83
Korah, for the congregation
Psalms 85:1-7
Jeremiah, for Israel
Jeremiah 14:7-22
Amos, for Israel
Amos 7:2-6
The Syro-Phoenician woman, for her daughter
Matthew 15:22
The disciples, on behalf of Peter’s mother-in-law
Luke 4:38,39
Parents, for their epileptic son
Matthew 17:15; Mark 9:17-27
Others who sought Jesus on behalf of afflicted people
Matthew 12:22; 15:22,30; 17:14-18; Mark 1:32; 2:3; Luke 5:18-20; John 4:47,49
Paul, for God’s people
Acts 20:32
Onesiphorus
2 Timothy 1:16,18
For Paul, by the congregations
Acts 14:26; 15:40
SOLICITED
Instances of
By Pharaoh, of Moses
Exodus 8:8,28; 9:28; 10:17; 12:32
And by the Israelites
Numbers 21:7
By Israel, of Samuel
1 Samuel 12:19
By Jeroboam, of a prophet
1 Kings 13:6
By Hezekiah, of Isaiah
2 Kings 19:1-4
By Zedekiah, of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 37:3
And by Johanan
Jeremiah 42:1-6
By Daniel, of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego
Daniel 2:17,18
By Darius, of the Jews
Ezra 6:10
By Simon Magus of Peter
Acts 8:24
By Paul, of the congregations
Romans 15:30-32; 2 Corinthians 1:11; Ephesians 6:19,20; 1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; Hebrews 13:18
Instances of
Of Moses, on behalf of Pharaoh
For the plague of frogs to be abated
Exodus 8:12,15
For the plague of flies
Exodus 8:30-32
For the plague of rain, thunder, and hail
Exodus 9:27-35
For the plague of locusts
Exodus 10:16-20
For the plague of darkness
Exodus 10:21-23
Of Moses, for the Israelites
During the battle with the Amalekites
Exodus 17:11-14
After the Israelites had made the golden calf
Exodus 32:11-14,31-34; Deuteronomy 9:18-29; 10:10; Psalms 106:23
On behalf of Aaron, on account of his sin in making the golden calf
Deuteronomy 9:20
After the complaining of the people
Exodus 33:15-17
When the fire of the Lord consumed the people
Numbers 11:1,2
When the people complained on account of the report of the spies
Numbers 14:11-20
That the plague of the fiery serpents would stop
Numbers 21:4-9
That Miriam’s leprosy might be healed
Numbers 12:13
Of Samuel, for deliverance from the oppressions of the Philistines
1 Samuel 7:5-14
The prophet of Israel, for the restoration of Jeroboam’s withered hand
1 Kings 13:1-6
Of Elijah, for raising the son of the hospitable widow from the dead
1 Kings 17:20-23
Of Elisha, for raising the son of the Shunammite woman from the dead
2 Kings 4:33-36
Of Isaiah, on behalf of Hezekiah and the people, to be delivered from Sennacherib
2 Kings 19
INTERCESSIONAL INFLUENCE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Genesis 18:26,29,30,32; 19:22; 26:4,5,24; 1 Kings 11:12,13,34; 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Psalms 103:17,18; Isaiah 37:35; Jeremiah 5:1; Ezekiel 14:14,16,18,20; Matthew 24:22; Romans 11:27,28; Revelation 5:8; 8:3,4
