Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Petition’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Petition’ occurs 113 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 19:21 And he said to him: “Behold, even now, I have heard your petitions about this, not to overturn the city on behalf of which you have spoken.Genesis 19:21
Genesis 47:4 We came to sojourn in your land, because there is no grass for the flocks of your servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Canaan. And we petition you that you may order us, your servants, to be in the land of Goshen.”Genesis 47:4
Genesis 50:17 that we should say these words to you from him: ‘I beg you to forget the wickedness of your brothers, and the sin and malice that they practiced against you.’ Likewise, we petition you to release the servants of the God of your father from this iniquity.” Hearing this, Joseph wept.Genesis 50:17
Number of the word / term Petition in Genesis: 3
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 8:9 And Moses said to Pharaoh: “Appoint for me a time, when I should petition on behalf of you, and your servants, and your people, so that the frogs may be driven away from you, and from your house, and from your servants, and from your people, and so that they may remain only in the river.”Exodus 8:9
Exodus 8:28 And Pharaoh said: “I will release you in order to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the desert. Yet you may only go so far. Petition for me.”Exodus 8:28
Exodus 10:17 But now, release me from my sin even this time, and petition the Lord your God, so that he may take this death away from me.”Exodus 10:17
Exodus 12:35 And the sons of Israel did just as Moses had instructed. And they petitioned the Egyptians for vessels of silver and of gold, and very many garments.Exodus 12:35
Exodus 21:22 If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck a pregnant woman, and as a result she miscarries, but she herself survives, he shall be subject to as much damage as the husband of the woman shall petition from him, or as arbitrators shall judge.Exodus 21:22
Number of the word / term Petition in Exodus: 5
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 20:21 neither was he willing to agree to their petition to concede passage through his borders. For this reason, Israel diverted away from him.Numbers 20:21
Number of the word / term Petition in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 4:7 Neither is there any other nation so great, which has its gods so near to them, as our God is present to all our petitions.Deuteronomy 4:7
Deuteronomy 18:16 just as you petitioned of the Lord your God at Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and you said: ‘Let me no longer hear the voice of the Lord my God, and let me no longer see this very great fire, lest I die.’Deuteronomy 18:16
Number of the word / term Petition in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Judges
Judges 8:24 And he said to them: “I petition one request from you. Give me the earrings from your spoils.” For the Ishmaelites were accustomed to wear gold earrings.Judges 8:24
Judges 11:17 And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Permit me to pass through your land.’ But he was not willing to agree to his petition. Likewise, he sent to the king of Moab, who also refused to offer him passage. And so he delayed in Kadesh,Judges 11:17
Judges 13:15 And Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “I beg you to agree to my petition, and to let us prepare a kid from the goats.”Judges 13:15
Number of the word / term Petition in Judges: 3
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 1:17 Then Eli said to her: “Go in peace. And may the God of Israel grant to you your petition, which you have begged of him.”1 Samuel 1:17
1 Samuel 1:27 I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted to me my petition, which I asked of him.1 Samuel 1:27
1 Samuel 8:10 And so, Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people, who had petitioned a king from him.1 Samuel 8:10
1 Samuel 12:17 Is it not the harvest of the wheat today? I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. And you will know and see that you have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, by petitioning for a king over you.”1 Samuel 12:17
1 Samuel 12:19 And all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly. And all the people said to Samuel: “Pray, on behalf of your servants, to the Lord your God, so that we may not die. For we have added to all our sins this evil, that we would petition for a king.”1 Samuel 12:19
1 Samuel 20:28 And Jonathan responded to Saul, “He petitioned me earnestly that he might go to Bethlehem,1 Samuel 20:28
Number of the word / term Petition in 1 Samuel: 6
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 13:14 But he was not willing to agree to her petition. Instead, prevailing by strength, he forced her, and he lay with her.2 Samuel 13:14
Number of the word / term Petition in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 2:16 Now therefore, I beg of you one petition. May you not confound my face.” And she said to him, “Speak.”1 Kings 2:16
1 Kings 2:20 And she said to him: “I petition one small request from you. May you not confound my face.” And the king said to her: “Ask, my mother. For it is not right that I turn away your face.”1 Kings 2:20
1 Kings 8:28 Yet look with favor upon the prayer of your servant and upon his petitions, O Lord, my God. Listen to the hymn and the prayer, which your servant prays before you this day,1 Kings 8:28
1 Kings 8:33 And if your people Israel will have fled from their enemies, because they have sinned against you, and doing penance and confessing to your name, shall arrive and pray and petition you in this house,1 Kings 8:33
1 Kings 8:45 And you will hear in heaven their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish judgment for them.1 Kings 8:45
1 Kings 8:49 you will hear in heaven, in the firmament of your throne, their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish their judgment.1 Kings 8:49
1 Kings 9:3 And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your petition, which you prayed before me. I have sanctified this house, which you have built, so that I may place my name there forever, and so that my eyes and my heart will be there for all days.1 Kings 9:3
1 Kings 12:7 They said to him, “If today you will obey and serve this people, and yield to their petition, and if you will speak lenient words to them, they will be your servants for all days.”1 Kings 12:7
Number of the word / term Petition in 1 Kings: 8
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 8:3 And when the seven years had ended, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. And she departed, so that she might petition the king on behalf of her house and on behalf of her fields.2 Kings 8:3
2 Kings 13:4 But Jehoahaz petitioned the face of the Lord, and the Lord heeded him. For he saw the anguish of Israel, because the king of Syria had oppressed them.2 Kings 13:4
Number of the word / term Petition in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 18:10 he sent his son Hadoram to king David so that he might petition peace from him, and so that he might congratulate him that he had struck and defeated Hadadezer. For indeed, Toi was an adversary to Hadadezer.1 Chronicles 18:10
Number of the word / term Petition in 1 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 6:26 If the heavens have been closed, so that rain does not fall, because of the sin of the people, and if they will petition you in this place, and confess to your name, and be converted from their sins when you will afflict them,2 Chronicles 6:26
2 Chronicles 7:14 and if my people, over whom my name has been invoked, being converted, will have petitioned me and sought my face, and will have done penance for their wicked ways, then I will heed them from heaven, and I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.2 Chronicles 7:14
2 Chronicles 20:3 Then Jehoshaphat, being terrified with fear, gave himself entirely to petitioning the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all of Judah.2 Chronicles 20:3
2 Chronicles 33:13 And he petitioned and begged him intently. And he heeded his prayer, and led him back to Jerusalem, into his kingdom. And Manasseh realized that the Lord himself was God.2 Chronicles 33:13
2 Chronicles 34:26 To the king of Judah, who sent you to petition before the Lord, so shall you speak: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Since you listened to the words of this volume,2 Chronicles 34:26
Number of the word / term Petition in 2 Chronicles: 5
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 7:6 this same Ezra, ascended from Babylon; and he was a proficient scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God gave to Israel. And the king granted to him his every petition. For the hand of the Lord, his God, was over him.Ezra 7:6
Ezra 8:22 For I was ashamed to petition the king for assistance and for horsemen, who would defend us from the enemy along the way. For we had said to the king: “The hand of our God is over all those who seek him in goodness. And his authority, and his strength and fury, is over all those who forsake him.”Ezra 8:22
Ezra 9:8 And now, to a small extent and for a moment, our petition has been made with the Lord our God, so that they may leave us a remnant, and so that a secure place in his holy land may be given to us, and so that our God may illuminate our eyes, and may give us a little life in our servitude.Ezra 9:8
Number of the word / term Petition in Ezra: 3
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 13:6 But during all this, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, the king of Babylon, I went to the king, and at the end of some days, I petitioned the king.Nehemiah 13:6
Number of the word / term Petition in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Esther
Esther 4:14 For, if you remain silent now, the Jews will be delivered through some other opportunity, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for this reason, so that you would be prepared for such a time as this?” And he entrusted her (there was no question but that it was Mordecai) to go in to the king, and to petition on behalf of her people and her native land.Esther 4:14
Esther 5:7 Esther answered him, “My petition and prayer is this:Esther 5:7
Esther 5:8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to give me what I ask, and to fulfill my petition, let the king and Haman come to the feast which I have prepared for them, and tomorrow I will open my mind to the king.”Esther 5:8
Number of the word / term Petition in Esther: 3
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Job
Job 6:8 Who will grant that my petition may arrive and that God may bestow on me what I expect,Job 6:8
Number of the word / term Petition in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 20:6 May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ. He will hear him from his holy heaven. The salvation of his right hand is in his power.Psalm 20:6
Psalm 21:4 He petitioned you for life, and you have granted him length of days, in the present time, and forever and ever.Psalm 21:4
Psalm 37:4 Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.Psalm 37:4
Psalm 88:2 Let my prayer enter in your sight. Incline your ear to my petition.Psalm 88:2
Psalm 102:1 The prayer of the pauper, when he was anxious, and so he poured out his petition in the sight of the Lord. O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my outcry reach you.Psalm 102:1
Psalm 102:17 He has noticed of the prayer of the humble, and he has not despised their petition.Psalm 102:17
Psalm 105:40 They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.Psalm 105:40
Psalm 119:170 Let my petition enter before you. Rescue me according to your word.Psalm 119:170
Psalm 135:14 For the Lord will judge his people, and he will be petitioned by his servants.Psalm 135:14
Number of the word / term Petition in Psalm: 9
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor shall not be in need. Whoever despises his petition will suffer scarcity.Proverbs 28:27
Number of the word / term Petition in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 45:14 Thus says the Lord: The labor of Egypt, and the business dealings of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, will pass to you and will be yours. They will walk behind you. They will travel, bound in irons. And they will adore you and petition you: “In you alone is God, and there is no God apart from you.Isaiah 45:14
Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves, and approach, and draw near together, you who have been saved among the Gentiles. They lack knowledge, who lift up the wood of their sculpture, and who petition a god unable to save.Isaiah 45:20
Isaiah 58:2 For they also seek me, from day to day, and they are willing to know my ways, like a nation which has done justice and has not abandoned the judgment of their God. They petition me for judgments of justice. They are willing to draw near to God.Isaiah 58:2
Isaiah 58:3 “Why have we fasted, and you have not taken notice? Why have we humbled our souls, and you have not acknowledged it?” Behold, in the day of your fasting, your own will is found, and you petition for payment from all your debtors.Isaiah 58:3
Number of the word / term Petition in Isaiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 11:14 Therefore, you should not choose to pray for this people, and you should not take up praise and petitioning on their behalf. For I will not heed them in the time of their outcry to me, in the time of their affliction.Jeremiah 11:14
Jeremiah 14:12 When they will fast, I will not heed their petitions. And if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not accept them. For I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”Jeremiah 14:12
Jeremiah 26:19 Did the king of Judah, Hezekiah, with all of Judah, condemn him to death? Did they not fear the Lord, and petition the face of the Lord? And so the Lord repented of the evil that he had spoken against them. Therefore, we are committing a great evil against our own souls.Jeremiah 26:19
Jeremiah 37:20 Now therefore, listen, I beg you, my lord the king. Let my petition prevail in your sight. And do not send me back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”Jeremiah 37:20
Jeremiah 38:4 And the leaders said to the king: “We petition you to put this man to death. For he is deliberately weakening the hands of the men of war, who have remained in this city, and the hands of the people, by speaking to them with these words. For this man is certainly not seeking peace for this people, but evil.”Jeremiah 38:4
Jeremiah 42:9 And he said to them: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you have sent me, so that I may present your petitions in his sight:Jeremiah 42:9
Number of the word / term Petition in Jeremiah: 6
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 6:7 All the leaders of your kingdom, the magistrates and governors, the senators and judges, have taken counsel that an imperial decree and edict should be published, so that all who ask any petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, will be cast into the den of lions.Daniel 6:7
Number of the word / term Petition in Daniel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 12:4 And he prevailed over an angel, for he had been strengthened. He wept and petitioned him. He found him in Bethel, and there he has spoken to us.Hosea 12:4
Number of the word / term Petition in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Jonah
Jonah 4:8 And when the sun had risen, the Lord ordered a hot and burning wind. And the sun beat down on the head of Jonah, and he burned. And he petitioned for his soul that he might die, and he said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”Jonah 4:8
Number of the word / term Petition in Jonah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 8:5 And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion approached, petitioning him,Matthew 8:5
Matthew 8:31 Then the demons petitioned him, saying: “If you cast us from here, send us into the herd of swine.”Matthew 8:31
Matthew 8:34 And behold, the entire city went out to meet Jesus. And having seen him, they petitioned him, so that he would cross from their borders.Matthew 8:34
Matthew 9:38 Therefore, petition the Lord of the harvest, so that he may sent out laborers to his harvest.”Matthew 9:38
Matthew 14:36 And they petitioned him, so that they might touch even the hem of his garment. And as many as touched it were made whole.Matthew 14:36
Matthew 15:23 He did not say a word to her. And his disciples, drawing near, petitioned him, saying: “Dismiss her, for she is crying out after us.”Matthew 15:23
Matthew 18:29 And his fellow servant, falling prostrate, petitioned him, saying: ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay it all to you.’Matthew 18:29
Matthew 20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him, with her sons, adoring him, and petitioning something from him.Matthew 20:20
Number of the word / term Petition in Matthew: 8
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Mark
Mark 5:17 And they began to petition him, so that he would withdraw from their borders.Mark 5:17
Mark 6:25 And immediately, when she had entered with haste to the king, she petitioned him, saying: “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”Mark 6:25
Mark 7:26 For the woman was a Gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician. And she petitioned him, so that he would cast the demon from her daughter.Mark 7:26
Mark 8:22 And they went to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to him. And they petitioned him, so that he would touch him.Mark 8:22
Mark 15:8 And when the crowd had ascended, they began to petition him to do as he always did for them.Mark 15:8
Mark 15:43 there arrived Joseph of Arimathea, a noble council member, who himself was also awaiting the kingdom of God. And he boldly entered to Pilate and petitioned for the body of Jesus.Mark 15:43
Number of the word / term Petition in Mark: 6
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Luke
Luke 4:38 Then Jesus, rising up from the synagogue, entered into the house of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in the grip of a severe fever. And they petitioned him on her behalf.Luke 4:38
Luke 5:12 And it happened that, while he was in a certain city, behold, there was a man full of leprosy who, upon seeing Jesus and falling to his face, petitioned him, saying: “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.”Luke 5:12
Luke 7:3 And when he had heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, petitioning him, so that he would come and heal his servant.Luke 7:3
Luke 7:4 And when they had come to Jesus, they petitioned him anxiously, saying to him: “He is worthy that you should provide this to him.Luke 7:4
Luke 7:36 Then certain Pharisees petitioned him, so that they might eat with him. And he went into the house of the Pharisee, and he reclined at table.Luke 7:36
Luke 8:31 And they petitioned him not to order them to go into the abyss.Luke 8:31
Luke 8:32 And in that place, there was a herd of many swine, pasturing on the mountain. And they petitioned him to permit them to enter into them. And he permitted them.Luke 8:32
Luke 23:24 And so Pilate issued a judgment granting their petition.Luke 23:24
Luke 23:52 This man approached Pilate and petitioned for the body of Jesus.Luke 23:52
Number of the word / term Petition in Luke: 9
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book John
John 4:31 Meanwhile, the disciples petitioned him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”John 4:31
John 4:40 Therefore, when the Samaritans had come to him, they petitioned him to lodge there. And he lodged there for two days.John 4:40
John 12:21 Therefore, these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and they petitioned him, saying: “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”John 12:21
John 16:23 And, in that day, you will not petition me for anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in my name, he will give it to you.John 16:23
John 19:31 Then the Jews, because it was the preparation day, so that the bodies would not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), they petitioned Pilate in order that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.John 19:31
John 19:38 Then, after these things, Joseph from Arimathea, (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews) petitioned Pilate so that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave permission. Therefore, he went and took away the body of Jesus.John 19:38
Number of the word / term Petition in John: 6
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Acts
Acts 3:14 Then you denied the Holy and Just One, and petitioned for a murderous man to be given to you.Acts 3:14
Acts 9:2 and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that, if he found any men or women belonging to this Way, he could lead them as prisoners to Jerusalem.Acts 9:2
Acts 12:20 Now he was angry with those of Tyre and Sidon. But they came to him with one accord, and, having persuaded Blastus, who was over the bedchamber of the king, they petitioned for peace, because their regions were supplied with food by him.Acts 12:20
Acts 13:21 And later on, they petitioned for a king. And God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.Acts 13:21
Acts 13:28 And although they found no case for death against him, they petitioned Pilate, so that they might put him to death.Acts 13:28
Acts 21:39 But Paul said to him: “I am a man, indeed a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a well-known city. So I petition you, permit me to speak to the people.”Acts 21:39
Acts 25:2 And the leaders of the priests, and those first among the Jews, went to him against Paul. And they were petitioning him,Acts 25:2
Acts 25:24 And Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present together with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews disturbed me at Jerusalem, petitioning and clamoring that he should not be allowed to live any longer.Acts 25:24
Number of the word / term Petition in Acts: 8
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 8:6 so much so that we petitioned Titus, that in the same manner as he had begun, he would also complete in you this same grace.2 Corinthians 8:6
2 Corinthians 10:2 So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.2 Corinthians 10:2
2 Corinthians 12:8 Because of this, three times I petitioned the Lord that it might be taken away from me.2 Corinthians 12:8
Number of the word / term Petition in 2 Corinthians: 3
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book Philippians
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.Philippians 4:6
Number of the word / term Petition in Philippians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 4:10 For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we petition you, brothers, so that you may abound all the more,1 Thessalonians 4:10
Number of the word / term Petition in 1 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 2:1 And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men,1 Timothy 2:1
Number of the word / term Petition in 1 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book James
James 1:5 But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.James 1:5
Number of the word / term Petition in James: 1
Bible passages with ‘Petition’ in the book 2 John
2 John 1:5 And now I petition you, Lady, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but instead that commandment which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.2 John 1:5
Number of the word / term ‘Petition’ in 2 John: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 113
