Solomon prayed to God Whatever prayer, whatever request for favor there may occur on the part of any man or of all your people Israel, because they know each one the plague of his own heart, and they actually spread out their palms to this house, then may you yourself hear from the heavens, your established place of dwelling, and you must forgive and act and give to each one according to all his ways, because you know his heart for you yourself alone well know the heart of all the sons of mankind to the end that they may fear you all the days that they are alive upon the surface of the ground that you gave to our forefathers 1 Kings 8 38  40
पौलाने असे लिहिले: “कशाविषयीहि चिंताक्रांत होऊ नका तर सर्व गोष्टींविषयी प्रार्थना व विनंती करून आभारप्रदर्शनासह आपली मागणी देवाला कळवा. म्हणजे सर्व बुद्धिसामर्थ्याच्या पलीकडे असलेली देवाने दिलेली शांति तुमची अंतःकरणे व तुमचे विचार ख्रिस्त येशूच्या ठायी राखील. ”