18 Bible Verses about Prayer, Described As

For this reason I kneel before the Father,

Lord, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.

By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer.

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:

Trust in him at all times, you people! Pour out your hearts before him! God is our shelter! (Selah)

But Hannah replied, "That's not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord.

Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord.

I called on the name of the Lord, "Please Lord, rescue my life!"

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

Hear me, O Lord, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!

This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard; he saved him from all his troubles.

But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

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

But Moses sought the favor of 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?

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.

Perhaps then they will ask the Lord for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. For the Lord has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people."