21 Bible Verses about Prayer, As Asking God

Be not anxious about any thing, but in every case by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known unto God.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete.

praying at every opportunity with all prayer and supplication in Spirit, and watching for this very purpose with perseverance and intercession for all the saints; and for me that there may be given unto me utterance to open my mouth with boldness, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Pray without ceasing.

Is any man among you under afflictions? let him pray. Is any man happy in mind? let him sing psalms.

So then Peter was kept in prison: but fervent prayer was offered up by the church to God for him.

And going a little farther, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

And he went a little farther forward, and fell on the earth, and prayed, that if it were possible the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me, nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

saying, Father, if thou wilt, remove this cup from me! nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. And an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed with greater intenseness: and his sweat was as clots of blood falling on the ground.

And when they had arrived, they went up to an upper room, where abode Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealous, and Jude brother to James. These all persevered unanimously in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

And they persevered stedfastly in the doctrine of the apostles, and in communion, and in breaking bread, and in prayers.

And on the sabbath-day we went forth out of the city to the river side, where an oratory was by custom established; and sitting down, we spoke to the women who there assembled.

And when he had spoken these things, he fell on his knees, and prayed with them all.

But when we had stayed out those days, we departed, and went on our journey, all of them attending us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the sea shore, we joined in prayer;

Now when they heard it, they lifted up their united voice to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God which made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them: who by the mouth of David thy servant saidst, Why do the heathen so furiously rage, and the people meditate vain things? The kings of the earth rose up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Messiah.read more.
For they have been in truth collected together against thy holy Son Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, even Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen, and the people of Israel, to do all that thy hand and thy counsel predestined should come to pass. And as to the present transactions, Lord, look upon their threatnings: and grant thy servants power with all boldness to speak thy word, by stretching out thy hand for healing; and that signs and miracles may be performed by the name of thy holy child Jesus. And while they were praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

Then having kept a fast and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them out.

But about midnight Paul and Silas, after joining in prayer, sang hymns to God: and the prisoners heard them.

Let us therefore approach with boldness the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.

And, behold, two blind men sat by the road side, who hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, son of David! And the multitude checked them, that they should be silent; but they cried out the more, Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David.