The power of prayer becomes a light of hope during uncertain and turbulent times, leading Christians through the darkest of nights. The welfare of Israel is particularly important among the many issues that are heavy on the minds of the faithful. Israel represents God’s unending bond with His people as it is the country of old predictions and unwavering faith.
Pray For Israel Bible Verse
The cry to pray for Israel reverberates through the annals of history in the face of misfortune, reminding Christians of their sacred obligation to offer up prayers on behalf of this holy land. Praying for Israel unites believers worldwide in a shared cause, transcending geopolitical boundaries and being rooted in scripture and unshakable commitment.
Praying for Protection and Peace for Israel
1. Psalm 122:6
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May those who love you be secure.'”
2. Isaiah 62:6-7
“You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.”
3. Psalm 121:4
“Indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.”
4. Psalm 46:1
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
5. Isaiah 54:17
“No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord.
6. Psalm 91:11
“For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”
7. Isaiah 41:10
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
8. Zechariah 2:8
“For this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—'”
9. Exodus 14:14
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
10. Proverbs 21:31
“The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.”
Unity and Reconciliation Among the People of Israel
11. Psalm 133:1
“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
12. Romans 15:5-6
“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
13. Ephesians 4:3
“Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
14. Colossians 3:14
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
15. Philippians 2:1-2
“Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”
16. John 17:20-21
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
17. 1 Corinthians 1:10
“I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.”
18. Galatians 3:28
“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
19. Psalm 133:3
“It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.”
20. Ephesians 4:32
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
God’s Promises to Israel
21. Genesis 12:2-3
“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
22. Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
23. Romans 11:29
“For God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.”
24. Deuteronomy 7:9
“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.”
25. Isaiah 43:1
“But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.'”
26. Ezekiel 37:27
“My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
27. Jeremiah 31:3
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.'”
28. Isaiah 44:3
“For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.”
29. Zechariah 8:8
“I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.”
30. Jeremiah 33:3
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
Israel’s Restoration and Blessing
31. Joel 2:25-26
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm— my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.”
32. Zechariah 12:10
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.”
33. Zechariah 14:9
“The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.”
34. Isaiah 61:7
“Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace, you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.”
35. Jeremiah 33:11
“Give thanks to the Lord Almighty, for the Lord is good; his love endures forever.” For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,’ says the Lord.”
36. Amos 9:14-15
“I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the Lord your God.”
37. Isaiah 35:10
“And the ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
38. Zechariah 8:12
“The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people.”
39. Ezekiel 36:24
“For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your land.”
40. Hosea 2:23
“I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.’ I will say to those called ‘Not my people,’ ‘You are my people’; and they will say, ‘You are my God.'”
God’s Covenant with Israel
41. Genesis 17:7-8
“I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.”
42. Deuteronomy 4:31
“For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.”
43. 1 Chronicles 16:15-18
“He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ‘To you, I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.'”
44. Psalm 105:8-11
“He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ‘To you, I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.'”
45. Jeremiah 32:40
“I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me so that they will never turn away from me.”
46. Psalm 105:42-45
“For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham. He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy; he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for— that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the Lord.”
47. Isaiah 54:10
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”
48. Hebrews 8:10
“This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
49. Isaiah 42:6
“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles.”
50. Hebrews 10:16
“This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”
Israel’s Restoration and Blessing
51. Amos 9:11
“On that day I will restore David’s fallen shelter— I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins— and will rebuild it as it used to be,”
52. Isaiah 49:8
“This is what the Lord says: ‘In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances,'”
53. Ezekiel 36:8
“But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home.”
54. Jeremiah 33:6
“Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.”
55. Joel 3:1
“In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,”
56. Jeremiah 33:11
“The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: ‘Praise the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!’ For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.”
57. Isaiah 60:10
“Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.”
58. Joel 2:25
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm— my great army that I sent among you.”
59. Jeremiah 30:17
“But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’”
60. Isaiah 49:22
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘See, I will beckon to the nations, I will lift my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their hips.'”
God’s Covenant with Israel
61. Ezekiel 37:26
“I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.”
62. Isaiah 54:9-10
“To me, this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,’ says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”
63. Zechariah 10:6
“I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion for them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.”
64. Isaiah 61:8-9
“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness, I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them. Their descendants will be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”
65. Isaiah 42:6
“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles,”
66. Psalm 111:5
“He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.”
67. 1 Chronicles 16:15
“He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,”
68. Nehemiah 1:5
“Then I said: ‘Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments,'”
69. Deuteronomy 7:9
“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.”
70. Psalm 25:10
“All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
Conclusion
As we draw to a close our examination of the biblical teachings about prayer for Israel, let us take up the mantle of intercession with fresh zeal and commitment. The Bible is a guide for our spiritual path as well as a source of consolation and comfort. Its ageless verses give us confidence in God’s dependable promises and strength for our group prayers.
May we never stop praying fervently for the country of Israel, believing that God is sovereign and will lead and guard His people. May our prayers, as a community bound by faith, be a lighthouse in a world engulfed in gloom, showing the way to harmony, peace, and divine favor for all.
