27 Bible Verses about Prayer, Practicalities Of

Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Therefore, brethren, select from among yourselves seven men, of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business: but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

in hope, be joyful; in affliction, be patient; in prayer, be per severing;

You desire, and you have not; you kill, and are earnestly desirous of having, and yet you can not obtain; you fight and war, and yet you have not, because you ask not.

But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Be not, there fore, like them; for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.

And he spoke this parable to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and who despised others. Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.read more.
I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner. I say to you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For every one that exalts himself, shall be humbled; but he that humbles himself, shall be exalted.

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward. But do you, when you pray, go into your closet, and when you have closed the door, pray to your Father who is in secret: and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when evening came, he was there alone.

And when he had sent them away, he went into the mountain to pray.

And he withdrew to the deserts and prayed.

And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and kneeled down, and prayed,

But Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

And when these days were completed, we went forth, and continued our journey, they all, with their wives and children, conducting us out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have any thing against any one, that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your offenses.

I will, therefore, that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands without wrath and disputation.

And very early in the morning, while it was yet dark, he arose and went out, and departed to a desert place, and there prayed.

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God.

and she was a widow of about eighty-four years, and she departed not from the temple, but served, day and night, with fastings and prayers.

Jesus said to her: Woman, believe me, the hour is coming, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. You worship you know not what; we know what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeks such to worship him.read more.
God is spirit; and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.

But do you, when you pray, go into your closet, and when you have closed the door, pray to your Father who is in secret: and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

And on the morrow, as they were going on their journey, and were drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house top to pray, about the sixth hour.

And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to the work to which I have called them. Then, after they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

But this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting.

And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.