18 Bible Verses about Prayer, Described As

On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,

O Yahweh, in [the] morning you will hear my voice. In [the] morning I will set forth [my case] to you and I will watch.

To you, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul.

Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.

Trust him at all times, O people; pour out before him your heart. God [is] a refuge for us. Selah

But Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord. I am a woman {deeply distressed}, but I have not drunk wine [or] strong drink. [Rather], I have poured out my soul before Yahweh.

And he moved on from there to the hill country, east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent at Bethel on the west, and at Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Yahweh. And he called on the name of Yahweh.

Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "O Yahweh, please save my life!"

And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!'

Hear, O Yahweh, my voice [when] I call, and be gracious to me and answer me.

This poor [man] called and Yahweh heard, and saved him from all his troubles.

But as for me, the approach to God [is] for my good. I have set the Lord Yahweh [as] my refuge, in order to tell all your works.

let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled [clean] from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Then King Hezekiah and Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed concerning this. And they cried to the heavens.

And Moses {implored Yahweh} his God, and he said, "Why, Yahweh, should {your anger blaze} against your people whom you brought up from the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

If you yourself would seek God, then you would plead to Shaddai for grace.

On your behalf my heart says, "Seek my face." Your face, O Yahweh, I do seek.

Perhaps their plea will fall {before} Yahweh and each one will turn away from his evil way, for great [is] the anger and wrath that Yahweh pronounced against this people."