18 Bible Verses about Prayer, Described As

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.

A Psalm of David.
To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

We lift up our heart and hands
Toward God in heaven;

Trust in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah.

But Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I beseech You, save my life!”

Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.’

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice,
And be gracious to me and answer me.

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

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.

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

But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

Then Moses entreated the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

“If you would seek God
And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.”

Perhaps their supplication will come before the Lord, and everyone will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”