14 Bible Verses about Intercessory Prayer

I do not cease giving thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers;

I do not cease giving thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers;

always in all my prayer with joy making supplication,

Unto which indeed we are praying incessantly for you, in order that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and work of faith, with power;

Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding, that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God. being impowered with all power, according to the might of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy; read more.
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;

Is any one sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, in order that you may be healed: the inward working prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Moreover, first of all things, I exhort you, that prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made in behalf of all men;

you also cooperating in our behalf in prayer; in order that, the gift which is bestowed upon us from many persons, may through many be a source of thanks given in our behalf.

For I know that this will turn out to me unto salvation, through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing His garments, they were casting the lots.

but I prayed for you, that your faith may not fail you: and thou, when having turned, strengthen thy brethren:

I pray for these: I pray not for the world; but for those whom thou hast given me, because they are thine: and all mine are thine, and thine are mine: and I have been glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them through my name whom thou hast given unto me, in order that they may be one, as we are. read more.
When I was with them, I was keeping them in thy name whom thou hast given unto me. And I guarded them, and no one of them perished, except the son of perdition; that the Scripture may be fulfilled. And now I come to thee; and speak these things in the world, that they may have my joy complete in themselves. I have given unto them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. I do not pray that you may take them out of the world, but that you may keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through the truth: thy word is truth. As thou didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world: and I sanctify myself in their behalf, in order that they may also be sanctified through the truth. And I not only pray for these, but also for those believing on me through their word; that they may all be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that thou didst send me. And I have given unto them the glory which thou hast given unto me; in order that they may be one, as we are one; I in them, and thou in me, in order that they may be perfected into one; in order that the world may know that thou didst send me, and didst love them, as thou didst love me. Father, that which thou hast given unto me, I wish that they may also be with me, where I am, in order that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given unto me: because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.

Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, wishing in all things to deport ourselves in harmony with the beauty of holiness.

And behold, a Canaanitish woman having come out from those coasts, cried unto Him saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is terribly demonized.

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, in order that you may be healed: the inward working prayer of a righteous man avails much.

If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he will give him life to those sinning not unto death. There is a sin unto death; concerning this I do not say that you may ask.

In my first defence no one stood by me, but all left me: may it not be charged against them:

praying with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit in every place, and watching unto this same thing in all perseverance and prayer for all the saints,

for kings and all who are in authority; in order that we may lead a peaceable and quiet life in all godliness and honesty.

Moreover, first of all things, I exhort you, that prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made in behalf of all men;

for kings and all who are in authority; in order that we may lead a peaceable and quiet life in all godliness and honesty.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies with a divine love, bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you:

Brethren, indeed the desire of my heart and my prayer to God in their behalf, is for their salvation.

And the servant of a certain centurion, being sick, was about to die, who was precious to him. And hearing about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him that having come He may save his servant.

Is any one sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Then indeed Peter was kept in prison: but prayer to God in his behalf was incessantly made by the church.

who, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.

And putting down his knees, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not impute this sin to them. And saying this, he fell asleep.