Westminster Larger Catechism · 1647

Q184. For what things are we to pray?

We are to pray for all things tending to the glory of God, the welfare of the church, our own or others good; but not for anything that is unlawful.
Answer · Westminster Larger Catechism

Scripture proofs

  1. [1]
    Matthew 6:9

    After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

  2. [2]
    Psalms 51:18

    Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

    Psalms 122:6

    Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

  3. [3]
    Matthew 7:11

    If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

  4. [4]
    Psalms 125:4

    Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

  5. [5]
    1 John 5:14

    And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.