37 Bible Verses about Prayer, Offered With

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

And whatever you ask in prayer, [if you] believe, you will receive."

But let him ask for [it] in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.

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.

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

When you search for me, then you will find [me], if you seek me with all your heart.

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

I {seek your favor} with my whole heart; be gracious [to] me according to your word.

"If you yourself direct your heart and stretch out your hands to him--

These I remember and I pour out my soul within me: that I would go with the multitude; I led them [in procession] to the house of God, with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a crowd celebrating a festival.

You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for indeed the Father seeks such [people] [to be] his worshipers. God [is] spirit, and the ones who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

{Therefore what should I do}? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.

Then my enemies will turn back {when} I call. This I know because God [is] for me.

In the day of my trouble I call to you, because you answer me.

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

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

O Yahweh, hear a just cause. Hear my cry; heed my prayer [I make] without deceitful lips.

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

[then if] my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and will pray and will seek my face and will turn from their evil ways, then I myself shall hear from the heavens and will forgive their sins and heal their land.

And when he was in distress he entreated Yahweh his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors

Yahweh [is] near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

God [is] spirit, and the ones who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Please, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying before you by day and by night for your servants, the {Israelites}, and confessing the sins of the {Israelites} that we have sinned against you. I and my father's house have sinned.

Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, and do not hide yourself from my plea. Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my lamenting and I groan,

Hear, O God, my cry; attend to my prayer.

Do not hide your face from me in [the] day [of] my trouble. Incline your ear to me. In the day I call, answer me quickly,

so that your beloved ones may be rescued. Save by your right hand and answer me.

O Yahweh, hear my prayer; listen to my supplications. In your faithfulness answer me, [and] in your righteousness.

Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

night and day praying beyond all measure that [we] may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith?

Elijah was a human being with the same nature as us, and {he prayed fervently} for [it] not to rain, and it did not rain on the land [for] three years and six months.

Then he said, "Let me go, for dawn is breaking." But he answered, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

I tell you, even if he does not give him [anything] [after he] gets up because [he] is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence he will get up [and] give him whatever he needs. And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged, saying, "There was a certain judge in a certain town who did not fear God and did not respect people. And there was a widow in that town, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary!'read more.
And he was not willing for a time, but after these [things] he said to himself, 'Even if I do not fear God or respect people, yet because this widow is causing trouble for me, I will grant her justice, so that she does not wear me down in the end [by her] coming back!'" And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge is saying! And will not God surely {see to it that justice is done} to his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay toward them?

But the widow [who is one] truly, and is left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in her petitions and prayers night and day.

pray constantly,

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.