60 Bible Verses about Praying

Brothers and sisters, pray for us too.

When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.

constantly pray,

With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.

"Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.

So, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them. For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them."

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

For it is sanctified by God's word and by prayer.

Then the Lord said, "As for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you.

Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish

When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord's splendor filled the temple.

Yet Jesus himself frequently withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

For this reason I kneel before the Father,

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

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

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

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up -- and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white.

Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,

I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

So he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!"

Then the Lord said to me, "Do not pray for good to come to these people!

"I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,

then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.