Genesis 13:4

¹²You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

⁷The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.”^[+] He built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

⁸He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD^[+] and called on the LORD’s name.

¹⁸with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints. ¹⁹Pray for me, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

⁹Then you will call, and the LORD will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;

¹Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you. ²You who hear prayer, all men will come to you.

⁹For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the LORD’s name, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.

²Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

¹⁵Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

¹⁰For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the LORD’s name.