37 Bible Verses about Prayer, Offered With

Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.

And if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

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

And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven:

I have sought Your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to Your promise.

As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

I remember this as I pour out my heart:
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts.

You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

What then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with my understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with my understanding.

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.
This I know: God is for me.

I call on You in the day of my distress,
for You will answer me.

Now this is the confidence we have before Him: Whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me—nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.”

A Davidic prayer.Lord, hear a just cause;
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer—
from lips free of deceit.

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

The Lord is near all who call out to Him,
all who call out to Him with integrity.

God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil.God, listen to my prayer
and do not ignore my plea for help.
Pay attention to me and answer me.
I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,

For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Davidic.God, hear my cry;
pay attention to my prayer.

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble.
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.

Save with Your right hand and answer me
so that those You love may be rescued.

A Davidic psalm.Lord, hear my prayer.
In Your faithfulness listen to my plea,
and in Your righteousness answer me.

Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.

as we pray very earnestly night and day to see you face to face and to complete what is lacking in your faith?

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.

Then He said to Jacob, “Let Me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me.”

I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs. “So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged: “There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man. And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ read more.
“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man, yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’” Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?

The real widow, left all alone, has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers;

Pray constantly.

Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.