38 Bible Verses about Prayer, As A Response To God

{A song of the stairs} Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hands of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hands of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.

{A Psalm of David} Unto thee, O LORD, will I lift up my soul;

Comfort the soul of thy servant, for unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

{A song of the stairs} I lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help? My help cometh even from the LORD which hath made heaven and earth.

O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in thee is my trust. Show thou me the way that I should walk in; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

The eyes of all wait upon thee, O LORD; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

Nevertheless, I am always by thee; thou holdest me by my righthand. Thou leadest me with thy counsel, and afterward receivest me unto glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is nothing upon earth, that I desire in comparison of thee.read more.
My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And when Moses turned again in to the host, the lad Joshua, his servant, the son of Nun, departed not out of the tabernacle.

And the LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers, and forsake us not, neither leave us, but that he bow our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, ordinances and customs which he commanded our fathers. And these my words which I have prayed before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he defend the cause of his servant and of his people Israel evermore,

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, "Thou art my God, my goods are nothing like unto thee."

The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, yea, all such as call upon him faithfully. He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and helpeth them.read more.
The LORD preserveth all them that love him, but scattereth abroad all the ungodly.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

And he kept himself apart in the wildernesses, and gave himself to prayer.

Then said the king unto me, "What, then, is thy request?" Then made I my prayer to the God of heaven,

Now when Daniel understood that the writing was made, he went into his house: and the windows of his hall toward Jerusalem stood open. There kneeled he down upon his knees, three times a day: there he made his petition, and praised his God, like as his manner was to do afore time. Then these men made search, and found Daniel making his petition and praying unto his God.

One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.

Praise his holy name, and let the hearts of them that seek the LORD rejoice! Seek the LORD and his strength: Seek his presence always!

Give his holy name a good report; let their hearts rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek the LORD, and his strength; seek his face evermore.

My heart hath talked of thee, seek ye my face. Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh.

Ye shall seek me, and find me: Yea, if so be that ye seek me with your whole heart,

That they should seek God, if they might feel and find him: though he be not far from every one of us. For in him we live, move, and have our being, as certain of your own poets said. For we are also his generation.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: For he that cometh to God, must believe that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him.

And the LORD came and stood and called as before, "Samuel, Samuel." And Samuel said, "Speak on, for thy servant heareth thee."

After this I heard the voice of the LORD, taking advisement on this manner, "Whom shall I send, and who will be our messenger?" Then I said, "Here am I, send me."

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him and will sup with him, and he with me.

And this is the tidings which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and yet walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but and if we walk in light even as he is in light, then have we fellowship together, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin.read more.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and truth is not in us. If we knowledge our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

They cried also each one to other on this manner: "Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of Hosts! The whole world is full of his glory!" Yea, the joists and doorchecks moved at their crying, and the house was full of smoke. Then I said, "O woe is me! For I am lost: inasmuch as I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell among people that hath unclean lips also. For mine eyes have seen the King and LORD of Hosts."read more.
Then flew one of the Seraphims unto me, having a hot coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with the tongs, and touched my mouth, and said, "Lo, this hath touched thy mouth, and thine unrighteousness is taken away, and thy sin is forgiven."

Let the ungodly man forsake his ways and the unrighteous his imaginations, and turn again unto the LORD: so shall he be merciful unto him; and to our God, for he is ready to forgive. For thus sayeth the LORD: My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways. But as far as the heavens are higher than the earth, so far do my ways exceed yours, and my thoughts yours.

{To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me well from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and clear when thou shalt judge. Behold, I was born in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.read more.
But lo, thou hast a pleasure in the truth, and hast showed me secret wisdom. Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Oh let me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds. Make in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy spirit from me. O give me the comfort of thy help again, and establish me with thy free spirit.

If ye abide in me, and my words also abide in you: ask what ye will, and it shall be done to you. Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and be made my disciples.

{Nun} Thy word is a lantern unto my feet and a light unto my paths. I have sworn, and am steadfastly purposed, to keep thy righteous judgments.

And Mary said, "Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, be it unto me even as thou hast said." And the angel departed from her.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you that ye go, and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit remain, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the father in my name he should give it you.

Let us therefore go boldly unto the seat of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

When I heard these words, I sat me down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, and said, "O LORD God of heaven, thou great and terrible God, thou that keepest covenant and mercy for them that love thee and observe thy commandments: Let thine ears mark and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray now before thee day and night for the children of Israel thy servants, and knowledge the sins of the children of Israel, which we have committed against thee. And I and my father's house have sinned also.read more.
We have been corrupt unto thee, in that we have not kept the commandments, statutes, and laws which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, which giveth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, and waver not. For he that doubteth is like the waves of the sea, tossed of the wind, and carried with violence. Neither let that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.read more.
A wavering minded man is unstable in all his ways.