50 Bible Verses on Intercession from the Old Testament
I have compiled 50 Bible verses from the Old Testament that speak to intercession, praying on behalf of others, mediating, or pleading for God’s mercy. All references are from the NKJV. I’ve grouped them loosely by theme for easier reading.
50 Bible Verses About Intercession (Old Testament, NKJV)
1–10: Abraham and Interceding for Others
Genesis 18:23 – “Then Abraham came near and said: ‘Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?’”
Genesis 18:24 – “Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who were in it?”
Genesis 18:25 – “Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked…”
Genesis 18:26 – “That be far from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Genesis 18:27 – “And Abraham answered and said, ‘Now indeed I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord…’”
Genesis 18:28 – “Perhaps the fifty righteous lack five; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?”
Genesis 18:29 – “And He said, ‘If I find there are forty-five there, I will not destroy it.’”
Genesis 18:30 – “And he spoke to Him yet again and said, ‘Suppose there are forty there…’”
Genesis 18:31 – “Then He said, ‘I will not do it if I find forty there.’”
Genesis 18:32 – “And he said, ‘Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty are found there…’”
11–20: Moses as Intercessor
Exodus 32:11 – “But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God and said, ‘Lord, why does Your wrath burn against Your people…’”
Exodus 32:12 – “‘Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, “He brought them out for evil,”…?’”
Exodus 32:13 – “Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants…”
Exodus 32:14 – “So the Lord relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.”
Numbers 14:13 – “And Moses said to the Lord, ‘Then the Egyptians will hear of it…’”
Numbers 14:15 – “If You kill these people as one man, then the nations who have heard Your fame will say…”
Numbers 14:19 – “Pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your mercy…”
Numbers 16:46 – “And Moses said to Aaron, ‘Take your censer and put fire with incense in it…’”
Numbers 21:7 – “Then the people came to Moses and said, ‘We have sinned…’”
Deuteronomy 9:25 – “So I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water…”
21–30: Samuel and National Intercession
1 Samuel 7:5 – “Then Samuel said, ‘Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.’”
1 Samuel 7:8 – “So Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord…”
1 Samuel 12:23 – “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you…”
2 Samuel 7:18 – “Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said: ‘Who am I, O Lord God…’”
2 Samuel 24:17 – “So the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it. And the Lord relented from the disaster…”
1 Chronicles 4:10 – “And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, ‘Oh, that You would bless me indeed…’”
1 Chronicles 16:11 – “Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore.”
1 Chronicles 21:27 – “Then David built an altar to the Lord there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings…”
2 Chronicles 6:21 – “Moreover, concerning a foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name’s sake…”
2 Chronicles 6:40 – “Now arise, O Lord God, and come to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength…”
31–40: Prophetic Intercession
Isaiah 37:4 – “And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; then he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord.”
Isaiah 37:20 – “O Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim…’”
Jeremiah 7:16 – “Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them…” (shows intercession boundaries)
Jeremiah 14:11 – “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not pray for this people for their good.’”
Jeremiah 15:1 – “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My mind could not be toward this people…’”
Jeremiah 42:2 – “…Pray for us to the Lord your God, that the Lord your God may show us the way we should go…”
Daniel 9:3 – “Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications…”
Daniel 9:4 – “And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, ‘O Lord, great and awesome God…’”
Daniel 9:17 – “Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Your servant… and cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary…”
Daniel 9:19 – “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake…”
41–50: Psalms on Interceding / Pleading for Others
Psalm 6:2 – “Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.”
Psalm 17:1 – “Hear a just cause, O Lord, attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.”
Psalm 28:2 – “Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help…”
Psalm 31:15 – “My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies…”
Psalm 35:13 – “But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting…”
Psalm 69:13 – “But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, hear me in the truth of Your salvation.”
Psalm 102:17 – “He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer.”
Psalm 109:4 – “In return for my love, they accuse me, But I make prayer for them.”
Psalm 122:6 – “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May they prosper who love you.’”
Psalm 145:18 – “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.”
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