14 Bible Verses about Intercessory Prayer

do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy

For this cause I bend my knees to the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth receiveth its name, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; read more.
that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, ye having been rooted and grounded in love, that ye may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fullness of God.

For which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and perfect [in you] all pleasure in goodness, and the work of faith, with power;

On this account we also, from the day we heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and longsuffering with joy; read more.
giving thanks to the Father, who enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;

Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men;

you also unitedly helping us by prayer, so that for this blessing bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many on your behalf.

For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them! for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, casting lots.

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. And do thou, when thou hast returned to me, strengthen thy brethren.

I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine; and all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world; and they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father! keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are. read more.
While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me, and guarded them; and no one of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture may be fulfilled. But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in them. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I do not pray thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in thy truth; thy word is truth. As thou didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world. And in their behalf I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth. Yet not for these alone do I pray, but also for those who believe in me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me. And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given them, that they may be one, even as we are one; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father! as to that which thou hast given me, I desire that they also be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring in all things to conduct ourselves well;

And, lo! a woman of Canaan came out from those borders, and cried out, saying, Have compassion on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is grievously afflicted with a demon.

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

If any one see his brother sin a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and shall give him life,to those who sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death; for that I do not say that he shall pray.

At my first defence no one came forward with me, but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge!

praying with all prayer and entreaty at all times in the Spirit; and watching to this end with all perseverance and entreaty for all the saints,

for kings, and all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness and propriety.

I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men;

for kings, and all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness and propriety.

But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you;

Brethren, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God for them is, that they may be saved.

And a certain centurions servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and about to die. And having heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, and besought him to come and save his servant.

Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Peter therefore was kept guarded in prison; but earnest prayer was made by the church to God in his behalf.

who, having come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And saying this, he fell asleep.