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about_o let_v by_o prayer_n preserve_v zoar._n jonah_n be_v send_v by_o god_n denounce_v destruction_n to_o the_o great_a city_n ninive_n the_o king_n and_o the_o people_n betake_v themselves_o to_o prayer_n and_o repentance_n 10_o jon_n 3.4_o 10_o and_o god_n repent_v of_o the_o evil_a that_o he_o have_v say_v that_o he_o will_v do_v unto_o they_o and_o he_o do_v it_o not_o in_o particular_a case_n we_o find_v 9_o gen._n 32_o 9_o jacob_n pray_v for_o deliverance_n from_o the_o wrath_n of_o his_o brother_n esau_n and_o have_v it_o 1.11_o 1._o sam._n 1.11_o hannah_n from_o barrenness_n of_o womb_n and_o the_o lord_n hear_v she_o by_o prayer_n 40._o jer._n 40._o jeremiah_n be_v comfort_v in_o the_o dungeon_n and_o release_v 6.22_o dan._n 6.22_o daniel_n save_v from_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o lion_n job_n be_v preserve_v upon_o the_o dunghill_n 42._o luk._n 23_o 42._o the_o thief_n find_v paradise_n upon_o the_o cross_n 12.5_o act._n 12.5_o and_o peter_n be_v deliver_v from_o prison_n 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