David named the place himself after it happened: Baal Perazim, “the Lord who breaks out.” He described his victory using water imagery on purpose, a sudden burst that couldn’t be stopped or slowed down once it started.
These thirty verses trace that same pattern across Scripture, walls that fell, seas that split, doors that opened without a key. If you need this paired with deliverance from something specific holding you back, a prayer for deliverance and breakthrough goes further into that.
Pray these expecting a real, sudden shift, not just gradual improvement.
Prayer for Breakthrough
1. 2 Samuel 5:20 (KJV)
“And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.”
Prayer: Break out against what’s against me, like a burst of water breaking through.
Let this breakthrough be as sudden and unstoppable as it was for David.
2. 1 Chronicles 14:11 (KJV)
“So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.”
Prayer: You have broken through, like a bursting flood. Let that same breaking through happen for me now.
Let this breakthrough carry the same unmistakable force.
3. Micah 2:13 (KJV)
“The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.”
Prayer: You go before me, breaking open the way, and I will pass through the gate You’ve opened.
Let this way open ahead of me, not just be discovered by chance.
4. Isaiah 43:19 (KJV)
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
Prayer: You are doing a new thing, it’s springing up now. Let me perceive it.
Let me recognize this breakthrough when it actually shows up.
5. Habakkuk 2:3 (KJV)
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”
Prayer: This has an appointed time, it will not lie, though it lingers, let me wait for it.
Let waiting not turn into giving up right before it arrives.
6. Genesis 32:24-26 (KJV)
“And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.”
Prayer: Like Jacob, let me hold on until the breakthrough comes, refusing to let go without a blessing.
Let persistence be part of how this breakthrough finally arrives.
7. Joshua 6:20 (KJV)
“So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.”
Prayer: Let this wall fall the way Jericho’s did, all at once, after simple obedience.
Let what’s felt immovable finally come down.
8. Acts 16:26 (KJV)
“And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.”
Prayer: Let the foundations shake and the doors fly open, the way they did for Paul and Silas.
Let this breakthrough come even in the middle of the night, unexpectedly.
9. Acts 12:7-10 (KJV)
“And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.”
Prayer: Let chains fall off and gates open on their own, the way they did for Peter.
Let this happen so smoothly I barely believe it at first.
10. John 2:9-10 (KJV)
“When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.”
Prayer: Let the best still be ahead, not behind, the way it was at that wedding in Cana.
Let this breakthrough exceed what I was even hoping for.
11. 2 Kings 7:1-2 (KJV)
“Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.”
Prayer: Let abundance replace scarcity as suddenly as it did for that besieged city.
Let this shift happen faster than seems reasonable.
12. Exodus 14:21-22 (KJV)
“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.”
Prayer: Let a way open through what looks completely impassable, the way the sea opened for Israel.
Let this path be dry ground, not just a slightly easier struggle.
13. Judges 7:19-21 (KJV)
“So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.”
Prayer: Let victory come through You, not through my own numbers or strength, the way it did for Gideon.
Let this breakthrough clearly be Yours, not something I engineered.
14. Psalms 18:29 (KJV)
“For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.”
Prayer: With You, let me advance against a troop, with You, let me scale a wall.
Let obstacles that looked unscalable actually give way.
15. Psalms 30:11 (KJV)
“Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;”
Prayer: Turn my mourning into dancing, and clothe me with joy.
Let this reversal be as complete as this psalm describes.
16. Isaiah 42:9 (KJV)
“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Prayer: The former things have happened, and now You declare new things.
Let this new thing arrive before I’ve fully finished hoping for it.
17. Jeremiah 33:3 (KJV)
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
Prayer: Let me call to You, and let You answer, showing me great and unsearchable things.
Let this breakthrough be something I couldn’t have figured out on my own.
18. Ephesians 3:20 (KJV)
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,”
Prayer: You are able to do immeasurably more than I ask or imagine.
Let this breakthrough exceed what I even knew to hope for.
19. Philippians 4:13 (KJV)
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Prayer: I can do this through Christ who strengthens me.
Let strength carry me right up to the moment this finally breaks.
20. Mark 9:23 (KJV)
“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”
Prayer: Everything is possible for the one who believes. Let me believe that right now.
Let belief hold steady, even while I’m still waiting.
21. Luke 1:37 (KJV)
“For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
Prayer: Nothing is impossible with You. Let this current obstacle be no exception.
Let this truth hold even when the odds look completely stacked against me.
22. Psalms 118:22-23 (KJV)
“The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.”
Prayer: What was rejected has become the cornerstone, this is Your doing, marvelous in my eyes.
Let what was written off become the very thing that changes everything.
23. Isaiah 45:2-3 (KJV)
“I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.”
Prayer: Go before me, level the mountains, break down bronze gates, cut through iron bars.
Let obstacles that look permanent turn out not to be.
24. Zechariah 4:6-7 (KJV)
“Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.”
Prayer: Not by might or power, but by Your Spirit, let this mountain become level ground.
Let this breakthrough come by Your power, not mine.
25. Psalms 27:13-14 (KJV)
“I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
Prayer: Let me still see Your goodness, waiting for You, taking heart.
Let this breakthrough be worth every bit of the waiting.
26. Psalms 34:19 (KJV)
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.”
Prayer: Many are the afflictions I face, but You deliver me from them all.
Let deliverance come completely, not partially.
27. Romans 4:20-21 (KJV)
“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.”
Prayer: Let me not waver through unbelief, but be strengthened in faith, fully persuaded You can do what You’ve promised.
Let conviction, not doubt, be what I hold onto until this comes.
28. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Prayer: Let faith be my confidence in what I hope for, assurance of what I don’t yet see.
Let this breakthrough be real to me before it’s visible.
29. Psalms 126:1-3 (KJV)
“When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.”
Prayer: Restore my fortunes, and let it feel like a dream, mouths filled with laughter.
Let this breakthrough be so complete it feels almost unbelievable.
30. Numbers 6:24-26 (KJV)
“The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.”
Prayer: Bless me and keep me, make Your face shine on me, and give me peace until this breaks.
Let this old blessing carry me right up to the breakthrough.
Conclusion
David didn’t just experience that breakthrough. He named the place after it, turning a single moment into a permanent marker he could point back to. Whatever breakthrough you’re praying for, it’s worth remembering the same way once it comes.
Write down today’s date, and what you’re specifically waiting on, so you can look back on it once the breakthrough arrives.
For deliverance from what’s specifically holding you back, a prayer for deliverance is worth praying alongside this one.