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What Does the Bible Say About Intercession?

Here are 6 Bible verses about intercession, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

#11 Timothy 2:1
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
BSBFirst of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
#2Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
BSBIn the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
#3Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
BSBTherefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
#4Romans 8:34
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
BSBWho is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
#5Ephesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
BSBPray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
#6Isaiah 59:16
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
BSBHe saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

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Intercession in Nave's Topical Bible

OF MAN WITH MAN: 1Sa 2:25
Instances Of
Reuben for Joseph: Ge 37:21,22
Judah for Joseph: Ge 37:26,27
Pharaoh's chief baker for Joseph: Ge 41:9-13; with 40:14
Jonathan for David: 1Sa 19:1-7
Abigail for Nabal: 1Sa 25:23-35
Joab for Absalom: 2Sa 14:1-24
Bath-sheba
For Solomon: 1Ki 1:15-31
For Adonijah: 1Ki 2:13-25
Ebed-melech for Jeremiah: Jer 38:7-13
Elisha offers to see the king for the Shunammite woman: 2Ki 4:13
The king of Syria for Naaman: 2Ki 5:6-8
Paul for Onesimus: Phm 1:10-21
OF MAN WITH GOD: Ge 20:7; Ex 28:12,29,30,38; 32:9-14; Nu 6:23-26; 14:11-21; 16:46-50; De 5:5; 7:9; 9:18,20,25-29; 1Sa 7:5-8; 12:23; 15:24-26,30; Job 1:5; 9:32,33; 16:21; 42:8-10; Ps 122:6; Isa 62:6,7; 65:8; Jer 5:1; 7:16; 11:14; 14:11; 15:1; 29:7; Eze 22:30; Mt 8:5-13; Mr 6:55,56; Eph 6:18; 1Ti 2:1,2; Heb 13:18; Jas 5:14-20; 1Pe 2:5,9; 1Jo 5:16
EXEMPLIFIED: Ge 48:15-20; Ex 32:31,32; 34:9; Nu 10:35,36; 27:16,17; Jos 7:7-26; Jud 5:31; Ru 2:12; 1Sa 1:17; 12:23; 2Sa 24:17; 1Ki 8:29,38,39,44,45; 1Ch 29:18,19; 2Ch 6:40,41; 30:18,19; Ps 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; Isa 62:1; 63:17-19; 64:8-12; Jer 18:20; Eze 9:8; 11:13; Da 9:3-19; Joe 2:17; Mic 7:14; Mt 5:44; 6:10; Ac 7:60; 8:15; Ro 1:9; 10:1; 1Co 1:3; 2Co 9:10,14; 13:7; Ga 1:3; 6:16; Eph 1:15-19; 3:14-19; Php 1:3-5,9,10; Col 1:3,4,9; 2:1,2; 4:12; 1Th 1:2; 3:10,12,13; 5:23; 2Th 1:11; 2:16,17; 3:5,16; 2Ti 1:3,18; 2:7; 4:16; Phm 1:4-6; Heb 13:20,21; 1Pe 5:10
See: PRAYER, INTERCESSORY
Additional Instances Of
Abraham
In behalf of Sodom: Ge 18:23-32
In behalf of Abimelech: Ge 20:17,18
Abraham's servant, in behalf of his master: Ge 24:12
Jacob, in behalf of his children: Ge 49
Moses, in behalf of Pharaoh: Ex 8:12,13,30,31; 9:33; 10:18,19
Moses
For Israel: Nu 16:20-22; 21:7; De 33:6-17; Ps 106:23
For Miriam: Nu 12:13-15
David, for Israel: 2Sa 24:17
Solomon, for Israel: 1Ki 8:29-53
Ezra, for Israel: Ezr 9:5-15
Nehemiah, in behalf of Judah and Jerusalem: Ne 1:4-9
Asaph, for the congregation: Ps 80; 83
Korah, for the congregation: Ps 85:1-7
Jeremiah, for Israel: Jer 14:7-22
Amos, for Israel: Am 7:2-6
The Syro-Phoenician woman, for her daughter: Mt 15:22
The disciples, in behalf of Peter's mother-in-law: Lu 4:38,39
Parents, for their epileptic son: Mt 17:15; Mr 9:17-27
Others, who sought Jesus in behalf of afflicted people: Mt 12:22; 15:22,30; 17:14-18; Mr 1:32; 2:3; Lu 5:18-20; Joh 4:47,49
Paul, for God's people: Ac 20:32
Onesiphorus: 2Ti 1:16,18
For Paul, by the congregations: Ac 14:26; 15:40
Solicited
Instances of
By Pharaoh, of Moses: Ex 8:8,28; 9:28; 10:17; 12:32
And by the Israelites: Nu 21:7
By Israel, of Samuel: 1Sa 12:19
By Jeroboam, of a prophet: 1Ki 13:6
By Hezekiah, of: Isaiah 2Ki 19:1-4
By Zedekiah, of Jeremiah: Jer 37:3
And by Johanan: Jer 42:1-6
By Daniel, of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: Da 2:17,18
By Darius, of the Jews: Ezr 6:10
By Simon Magus, of Peter: Ac 8:24
By Paul, of the congregations: Ro 15:30-32; 2Co 1:11; Eph 6:19,20; 1Th 5:25; 2Th 3:1; Heb 13:18
Answered
Instances of
Of Moses, in behalf of Pharaoh
For the plague of frogs to be abated: Ex 8:12,15
For the plague of flies: Ex 8:30-32
For the plague of rain, thunder, and hail: Ex 9:27-35
For the plague of locusts: Ex 10:16-20
For the plague of darkness: Ex 10:21-23
Of Moses, for the Israelites
During the battle with the Amalekites: Ex 17:11-14
After the Israelites had made the golden calf: Ex 32:11-14,31-34; De 9:18-29; 10:10; Ps 106:23
In behalf of Aaron, on account of his sin in making the golden calf: De 9:20
After the complaining of the people: Ex 33:15-17
When the fire of the Lord consumed the people: Nu 11:1,2
When the people complained on account of the report of the spies: Nu 14:11-20
That the plague of the fiery serpents would stop: Nu 21:4-9
That Miriam's leprosy might be healed: Nu 12:13
Of Samuel, for deliverance from the oppressions of the Philistines: 1Sa 7:5-14
The prophet of Israel, for the restoration of Jeroboam's withered hand: 1Ki 13:1-6
Of Elijah, for raising the son of the hospitable widow from the dead: 1Ki 17:20-23
Of Elisha, for raising the son of the Shunammite woman from the dead: 2Ki 4:33-36
Of Isaiah, in behalf of Hezekiah and the people, to be delivered from Sennacherib: 2Ki 19
INTERCESSIONAL INFLUENCE OF THE RIGHTEOUS: Ge 18:26,29,30,32; 19:22; 26:4,5,24; 1Ki 11:12,13,34; 15:4; 2Ki 8:19; 2Ch 21:7; Ps 103:17,18; Isa 37:35; Jer 5:1; Eze 14:14,16,18,20; Mt 24:22; Ro 11:27,28; Re 5:8; 8:3,4
See: CHILDREN, OF THE RIGHTEOUS
See: CHILDREN, BLESSED OF GOD
See: JESUS, MEDIATOR

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