60 Bible Verses about Praying

Brothers, keep us in mind in your prayers.

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

Keep on with your prayers.

With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.

And as for you, make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them: for I will not give ear to their cry in the time of their trouble.

Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.

And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.

For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.

And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.

And as for you (Jeremiah), make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them, make no request for them to me: for I will not give ear.

Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,

Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord.

But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.

For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,

You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer;

And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.

It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

Then, turning his face to the wall, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying,

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.

And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining.

For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;

Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;

And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.

And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

And the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.

My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;

Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.