Importunity:
im-por-tu'-ni-ti: Occurs only in Lu 11:8, where it is the rendering of anaideia (Westcott-Hort, anaidia). This Greek word implies an element of impudent insistence rising to the point of shamelessness which the English word "importunity" fails to express, thus weakening the argument of the parable, which is that if by shameless insistence a favor may be won, even from one unwilling and ungracious, still more surely will God answer the earnest prayer of His people. God's willingness to give exceeds our ability to ask. The parable teaches by way of contrast, not by parallel.
Written by David Foster Estes
Importunity: Lack of Modesty; Shamelessness.
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his IMPORTUNITY he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. (Luke 11:7-8)
Importunity:
See PRAYER
Importunity:
denotes "shamelessness, importunity" (a, negative, n, euphonic, and aidos, "shame, modesty"), and is used in the Lord's illustration concerning the need of earnestness and perseverance in prayer, Luk 11:8. If shameless persistence can obtain a boon from a neighbor, then certainly earnest prayer will receive our Father's answer.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics
Attitudes in,
see WORSHIP
Prayer test proposed by Elijah,
1Ki 18:24-39.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Daily
In the morning,
Psa 5:3; 88:13; 143:8; Isa 33:2;
twice daily,
Psa 88:1;
thrice daily,
Psa 55:17; Dan 6:10;
all night,
Luk 6:12;
without ceasing,
1Th 5:17.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Boldness In:
Enjoined,
Hbr 4:16.
Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom,
Gen 18:23-32;
by Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering Israel,
Exd 33:12, 18.
Secret,
Gen 24:63; Mat 6:6.
Silent,
Psa 5:1.
Weeping in,
Ezr 10:1.
In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah,
1Ki 18:27.
Long:
Of Pharisees,
Mat 23:14;
scribes,
Mar 12:40; Luk 20:47.
Profuse, to be avoided,
Ecc 5:2; Mat 6:7.
Vain repetitions of, to be avoided,
Mat 6:7.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Tokens Asked For
As assurance of answer:
By Abraham's servant,
Gen 24:14.
Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece,
Jdg 6:36-40.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Rebuked:
Of Moses, at the Red Sea,
Exd 14:15;
when he prayed to see Canaan, (the promised land),
Deu 3:23-27;
of Joshua,
Jos 7:10.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Evils Averted By
Jer 26:19
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Unbelief In
Job 21:15
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: "Lord's Prayer"
Mat 6:9-13; Luk 11:2-4
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Answer To Withheld:
Of Balaam,
Deu 23:5; Jos 24:10;
of Job,
Job 30:20; with Job 42:12;
of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites,
Deu 1:45.
The prayer of Jesus, "Let this cup pass,"
Mat 26:39, 42, 44; with Mat 26:45-75 and Mat 27.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Answer To, Delayed
Psa 22:1, 2; 40:1; 80:4; 88:14; Jer 42:7; Hab 1:2; Luk 18:7
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Answer To, Exceeds Petition
Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom, riches, honour, and long life,
1Ki 3:7-14; 2Ch 1:10-12.
The disciples prayed for Peter; the answer included Peter's deliverance,
Act 12:15; with Act 12:5.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Answer To, Different from the Request
Moses asked to be permitted to cross the Jordan River; the answer was permission to view the land of promise,
Deu 3:23-27.
The Israelites lusted for the fleshpots of Egypt; the answer gave them, flesh, but also leanness of soul,
Psa 106:14, 15.
Martha and Mary asked Jesus to come and heal their brother Lazarus; Jesus delayed, but raised Lazarus from the dead,
Jhn 11.
Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed; the answer was a promise of grace to endure it,
2Cr 12:8, 9.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: In Behalf of Nations
See NATIONS, PRAYER FOR
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Penitential:
Of David,
Psa 51:1-17;
the publican (tax collector),
Luk 18:13.
See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, below, and SIN, CONFESSION OF
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Imprecatory
Num 16:15; 22:6-11; 23:7, 8; 24:9, 10; Deu 11:29, 30; 27:11-13; 33:11; Jos 8:33, 34; Jdg 16:28; 2Sa 16:10-12; Neh 4:4, 5; 5:13; Job 3:1-10; 27:7; Psa 5:10; 6:10; 9:20; 10:2, 15; 25:3; 28:4; 31:17, 18; 35:4, 8, 26; 40:14, 15; 54:5; 55:9, 15; 56:7; 58:7; 59:5, 11, 15; 68:1, 2; 69:23, 24, 27, 28; 70:2, 3; 71:13; 79:10, 12; 83:13-17; 94:2; 109:7, 9-20, 28, 29; 119:78, 84; 129:5; 140:9, 10; 143:12; 144:6; Jer 11:20; 12:3; 15:15; 17:18; 18:21-23; 20:12; Lam 1:22; 3:64-66; Gal 1:8, 9; 2Ti 4:14, 15
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Submission In
Exemplified by Jesus,
Mat 26:39; Mar 14:36; Luk 22:42;
David,
2Sa 12:22, 23
Job,
Job 1:20, 21.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Private
Enjoined,
Mat 6:6.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Exemplified By
Lot,
Gen 19:20.
Eliezer,
Gen 24:12.
Jacob,
Gen 32:9-12.
Gideon,
Jdg 6:22, 36, 39.
Hannah,
1Sa 1:10.
David,
2Sa 7:18-29.
Hezekiah,
2Ki 20:2.
Isaiah,
2Ki 20:11.
Manasseh,
2Ch 33:18, 19.
Ezra,
Ezr 9:5, 6.
Nehemiah,
Neh 2:4.
Jeremiah,
Jer 32:16-25.
Daniel,
Dan 9:3, 19.
Jonah,
Jon 2:1.
Habakkuk,
Hab 1:2.
Anna,
Luk 2:37.
Jesus,
Mat 14:23; 26:36, 39; Mar 1:35; Luk 9:18, 29.
Paul,
Act 9:11.
Peter,
Act 9:40; 10:9.
Cornelius,
Act 10:30.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Family:
By Abraham,
Gen 12:5, 8.
Jacob,
Gen 35:3.
Cornelius,
Act 10:2.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Social:
Mat 18:19; Act 1:13, 14; 16:25; 20:36; 21:5.
Held in private houses,
Act 1:13, 14; 12:12;
in the temple,
Act 2:46; 3:1.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Of Jesus:
On a mountain,
Mat 14:23; Mar 6:46; Luk 6:12; 9:28.
In the garden of Gethsemane,
Mat 26:36; Mar 14:32; Luk 22:45.
The Lord's prayer,
Mat 6:9; Luk 11:1.
Before daylight,
Mar 1:35.
In distress,
Jhn 12:27; Hbr 5:7.
In the wilderness,
Luk 5:16.
In behalf of Peter,
Luk 22:31, 32.
For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come,
Jhn 14:16.
After the supper,
Jhn 17.
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: Of the Apostles
Act 1:24, 25
Prayer: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics: To Idols
1Ki 18:26-29
Prayer: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To:
Gen 32:24-28; Hsa 12:4; 1Ch 16:11, 35; 2Ch 7:14; Neh 4:9; Psa 27:8; 105:3, 4; 145:18; Pro 15:8; Ecc 5:2; Isa 55:6; Lam 3:41; Zec 12:10; Mat 6:5-13; 7:7, 8; 21:22; Mar 9:28, 29; 11:24; Luk 11:1-13; 18:1; Rom 8:26; 1Cr 14:15; Eph 3:11, 12; 6:18, 19; Phl 4:6; Col 4:2; 1Th 5:17, 18; 1Ti 2:8; Hbr 4:16; Jam 5:16; Jud 1:20; Rev 5:8; 8:3, 4
Prayer: Answer To, Promised:
Exd 6:5; 22:23, 27; 33:17-20; Deu 4:7, 29-31; 1Ki 8:22, 53; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 7:13-15; Job 8:5, 6; 12:4; 22:27; 33:26; Psa 9:10, 12; 10:17; 18:3; 32:6; 34:15, 17; 37:4, 5; 38:15; 50:14, 15; 55:16, 17; 56:9; 65:2, 5; 69:33; 81:10; 86:5-7; 91:15; 102:17-20; 145:18, 19; Pro 2:3, 5; 3:6; 10:24; 15:8, 29; 16:1; Isa 19:20; 30:19; 55:6; 58:9; 65:24; Jer 29:12, 13; 31:9; 33:3; Lam 3:25; Eze 36:37; Joe 2:18, 19, 32; Amo 5:4-6; Zep 2:3; Zec 10:1, 6; 13:9; Mat 6:5-13; 7:7-11; 18:19, 20; 21:22; Mar 11:24, 25; Luk 11:5-13; 18:1-8; 21:36; Jhn 4:10, 23, 24; 9:31; 14:13, 14; 15:7, 16; 16:23, 24, 26, 27; Act 7:34; 22:16; Rom 8:26; 10:12, 13; Eph 2:18; 3:20; Hbr 4:16; 10:22, 23; 11:6; Jam 1:5-7; 4:8, 10; 5:16; 1Jo 3:22; 5:14, 15
Prayer: Answered:
Job 34:28; Psa 3:4; 4:1; 6:8, 9; 18:6; 21:2, 4; 22:4, 5, 24; 28:6; 30:2, 3; 31:22; 34:4-6; 40:1; 66:19, 20; 77:1, 2; 81:7; 99:6-8; 106:44; 107:6, 7, 13-20; 116:1, 2; 118:5, 21; 119:26; 120:1; 138:3; Lam 3:57, 58; Hsa 12:4; Jon 2:1, 2, 7; Luk 23:42, 43; Act 4:31; 2Cr 12:8, 9; Jam 5:17, 18
Prayer: Instances of Answered:
Cain,
Gen 4:13-15.
Abraham, for a son,
Gen 15;
entreating for Sodom,
Gen 18:23-33;
for Ishmael,
Gen 17:20;
for Abimelech,
Gen 20:17.
Hagar, for deliverance,
Gen 16:7-13.
Abraham's servant, for guidance,
Gen 24:12-52.
Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy,
Gen 25:22, 23.
Jacob, for deliverance from Esau,
Gen 32:9-32; 33:1-17.
Moses, for help at the Red Sea,
Exd 14:15, 16;
at the waters of Marah,
Exd 15:25;
at Mount Horeb,
Exd 17:4-6;
in the battle with the Amalekites,
Exd 17:8-14;
concerning the complaint of the Israelites for meat,
Num 11:11-35;
on behalf of Miriam's leprosy,
Num 12:13-15.
Moses, Aaron, and Samuel,
Psa 99:6.
Israelites:
for deliverance from bondage,
Exd 2:23-25; 3:7-10; Act 7:34;
from Pharaoh's army,
Exd 14:10-30;
from the king of Mesopotamia,
Jdg 3:9, 15;
Sisera,
Jdg 4:3, 23, 24; 1Sa 12:9-11;
Ammon,
Jdg 10:6-18; 11:1-33;
for God's favor under the reproofs of Azariah,
2Ch 15:1-15;
from Babylonian bondage,
Neh 9:27.
Gideon, asking for the token of dew,
Jdg 6:36-40.
Manoah, asking about Samson,
Jdg 13:8, 9.
Samson, asking for strength,
Jdg 16:28-30.
Hannah, asking to give birth to a child,
1Sa 1:10-17, 19, 20.
David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into his hands,
1Sa 23:10-12;
asking about Ziklag,
1Sa 30:8;
asking whether he should go into Judah after Saul's death,
2Sa 2:1;
asking whether he should go to war against the Philistines,
2Sa 5:19-25;
in adversity,
Psa 118:5; 138:3.
Solomon, asking for wisdom,
1Ki 3:1-13; 9:2, 3.
Elijah, raising the widow's son,
1Ki 17:22;
calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice,
1Ki 18:36-38;
asking for rain,
1Ki 17:1; 18:1, 42-45; Jam 5:17.
Elisha, leading the Syrian army,
2Ki 6:17-20.
Jabez, asking for prosperity,
1Ch 4:10.
Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam,
2Ch 13:14-18.
Asa, for victory over Zerah,
2Ch 14:11-15.
The people of Judah,
2Ch 15:15.
Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites,
2Ch 18:31; 20:6-27.
Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael,
2Ki 13:4.
Priests and Levites, when blessing the peopl,e
2Ch 30:27.
Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib,
2Ki 19:14-20; 2Ch 32:20-23.
To save Hezekiah's life,
2Ki 20:1-7, 11; 2Ch 32:24.
Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon,
2Ch 33:13, 19.
The Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites,
1Ch 5:20.
The Jews, returning from the captivity,
Ezr 8:21, 23.
Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction changed,
Eze 4:12-15.
Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream,
Dan 2:19-23;
interceding for the people,
Dan 9:20-23;
in a vision,
Dan 10:12.
Zacharias, for a son,
Luk 1:13.
The leper, for healing,
Mat 8:2, 3; Mar 1:40-43; Luk 5:12, 13.
Centurion, for his servant,
Mat 8:5-13; Luk 7:3-10; Jhn 4:50, 51.
Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to life,
Act 9:40.
The disciples, for Peter,
Act 12:5-17.
Paul, to be restored to health,
2Cr 1:9-11.
Prayer: Confession In:
Lev 5:5; 26:40; Num 5:5-7; Jdg 10:10, 15; 1Sa 12:10; 1Ki 8:47; Ezr 9:6, 15; Neh 1:6, 7; 9:2, 33-35; Job 7:20; 40:4, 5; Psa 31:10; 32:3, 5; 38:4-8, 10, 18; 40:12; 51:3, 4; 69:5; 106:6, 7; 119:176; 130:3; Pro 28:13; Isa 6:5; 59:12, 13; Jer 3:13, 25; 14:7, 20; Lam 1:18; 3:42; 5:16; Dan 9:5-15
Prayer: Importunity In:
Gen 18:23-32; 32:24-29; Exd 32:32; Deu 9:25; Jdg 6:36-40; 16:28; 1Sa 1:10, 11; 12:23; 1Ki 8:22-30; Ezr 9:5, 6; Neh 1:4-6; Psa 17:1, 6; 22:1, 2, 19; 28:1, 2; 35:22, 23; 55:1, 2, 16, 17; 57:2; 61:1, 2; 70:5; 86:3, 6; 88:1, 2, 9, 13; 102:1, 2; 119:58, 145-147; 130:1, 2; 141:1, 2; 142:1, 2; Isa 38:2, 3; 62:7; 64:12; Dan 9:3, 16-19; Jon 1:14; Hab 1:2; Mat 15:22-28; Mar 7:25-29; Luk 7:3; 11:5-8; 18:1-7; 22:44; Rom 8:26; 2Cr 12:8; Eph 6:18; Hbr 5:7
Prayer: Instances of Importunity In:
Jacob,
Gen 32:24-30.
Moses,
Exd 33:12-16; 34:9.
Elijah,
1Ki 18:22-44.
The two blind men of Jericho,
Mat 20:30, 31; Mar 10:48; Luk 18:39.
The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman,
Mat 15:22-28; Mar 7:25-30.
The Roman centurion,
Mat 8:5; Luk 7:3, 4.
Prayer: Intercessory:
See INTERCESSION; JESUS, MEDIATION OF
Prayer: Of the Wicked Not Heard:
See WICKED, PRAYER OF
Prayer: Pleas Offered In:
Gen 32:9-12; Exd 32:11-13; 33:13; Num 14:13-18; 16:22; Deu 3:24, 25; 9:18, 25-29; Jos 7:8, 9; 2Sa 7:25-29; 1Ki 8:25, 26, 59, 60; 18:36, 37; 2Ki 19:15-19; 2Ch 14:11; Neh 1:8, 9; 9:32; Psa 4:1; 9:19, 20; 25:6; 27:9; 31:3; 38:16; 69:6, 13, 16; 71:18; 74:10, 11, 18-23; 79:10-12; 83:1, 2, 18; 86:1-5, 17; 89:49-51; 106:47; 109:21-27; 115:1, 2; 119:38, 42, 43, 49, 73, 94, 116, 124, 145, 146, 149, 153, 173-176; 143:11, 12; Isa 37:15-20; 63:17-19; Jer 14:21; 18:20, 21; Lam 3:56-63; Joe 2:17
Prayer: Thanksgiving and, Before Taking Food:
Jos 9:14; 1Sa 9:13; Mat 14:19; 15:36; 26:26, 27; Mar 6:41; 8:6, 7; 14:22, 23; Luk 9:16; 22:19; Jhn 6:11, 23; Act 27:35; Rom 14:6; 1Cr 10:30, 31; 11:24; 1Ti 4:3-5
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