18 Bible Verses about Prayer, Described As

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

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

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.