Verses About Prayer in the Bible

Prayer is a powerful way to connect with God, seek guidance, and find comfort. The Bible has many verses that teach us about the importance of prayer, how to pray, and the impact it can have on our lives. These scriptures remind us that God hears our prayers and is always ready to listen. Let’s explore some verses about prayer to understand its significance and how it can strengthen our relationship with God.

Verses About Prayer in the Bible

Matthew 6:6 – “But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

Philippians 4:6 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17 – “Pray without ceasing.”

James 5:16 – “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

Psalm 34:17 – “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.”

1 John 5:14 – “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.”

Matthew 21:22 – “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Mark 11:24 – “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

Luke 11:9 – “And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

John 14:13-14 – “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.”

Romans 8:26 – “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.”

Colossians 4:2 – “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”

Psalm 145:18 – “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.”

Hebrews 4:16 – “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”

2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Proverbs 15:29 – “The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.”

Psalm 50:15 – “And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Isaiah 65:24 – “Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.”

1 Peter 5:7 – “Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.”

Luke 18:1 – “And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.”

Ephesians 6:18 – “Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.”

Matthew 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

Psalm 5:3 – “O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.”

Psalm 61:1-2 – “Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”

Acts 1:14 – “All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.”

Acts 12:5 – “So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.”

Nehemiah 1:4 – “As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.”

Matthew 26:41 – “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

James 1:5 – “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”

Psalm 102:17 – “He regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.”

1 Samuel 1:27 – “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.”

Isaiah 41:17 – “When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.”

Psalm 86:7 – “In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me.”

John 16:24 – “Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.”

Psalm 39:12 – “Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears!”

Lamentations 3:55-56 – “I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit; you heard my plea, ‘Do not close your ear to my cry for help!’”

Jeremiah 29:12 – “Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.”

1 Chronicles 16:11 – “Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”

Daniel 9:3 – “Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.”

Mark 9:29 – “And he said to them, ‘This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.'”

Luke 22:40 – “And when he came to the place, he said to them, ‘Pray that you may not enter into temptation.'”

Romans 12:12 – “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”

2 Corinthians 1:11 – “You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.”

Job 22:27 – “You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.”

Psalm 143:1 – “Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!”

Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”

Proverbs 28:9 – “If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.”

Isaiah 58:9 – “Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’”

Matthew 18:19 – “Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.”

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