18 Bible Verses about Prayer, Described As

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

My voice shall you hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto you, and will look up.

[A Psalm of David.] Unto you, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

And he removed from there unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul.

And now why do you tarry? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all your works.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why does your wrath grow hot against your people, whom you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

If you would seek unto God early, and make your supplication to the Almighty;

When you said, Seek my face; my heart said unto you, your face, LORD, will I seek.

It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return everyone from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.