37 Bible Verses about Prayer, Offered With

Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and request. Likewise, be alert with your most diligent efforts and pray for all the saints.

You will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe."

But he must ask in faith, without any doubts, for the one who has doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.

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 of my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.

"Now for you, if you will prepare your heart, spread out your hands to him.

These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.

You don't know what you're worshiping. We Jews know what we're worshiping, because salvation comes from the Jews. Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

What does this mean? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing psalms with my spirit, but I will also sing psalms with my mind.

My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.

In my troubled times I will call on you, for you will answer me.

And this is the confidence that we have in him: if we ask for anything according to his will, he listens to us.

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done."

LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.

Therefore, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative.

when my people humble themselves the ones who are called by my name and pray, seek me, and turn away from their evil practices, I myself will listen from heaven, I will pardon their sins, and I will restore their land.

But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,

The LORD remains near to all who call out to him, to everyone who calls out to him sincerely.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

please turn your attention to observe carefully and listen to the prayer of your servant today that I am presenting to you day and night on behalf of your servants, the Israelis.

Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal. Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts,

God, hear my cry; pay attention to my prayer.

Do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble. Listen to me. When I call to out you, hurry to answer me!

In order that those you love may be rescued, deliver with your power and answer me!

LORD, hear my prayer; pay attention to my request, because you are faithful; answer me in your righteousness.

So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

We pray very hard night and day that we may see you again face to face, so that we may equip you with whatever is lacking in your faith.

Elijah was a person just like us, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and rain never came to the land for three years and six months.

and said, "Let me go, because the dawn has come." "I won't let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."

I tell you, even though that man doesn't want to get up and give him anything because he is his friend, he will get up and give him whatever he needs because of his persistence. So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you,

Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up. He said, "In a city there was a judge who didn't fear God or respect people. In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my adversary.' read more.
For a while the judge refused. But later, he told himself, "I don't fear God or respect people, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice. Otherwise, she will keep coming and wear me out.'" Then the Lord added, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says. Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?

A woman who has no other family members to care for her and who is left all alone has placed her hope in God and devotes herself to petitions and prayers night and day.

Continually be prayerful.

Never worry about anything. Instead, in every situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers and requests, with thanksgiving.