42 Bible Verses about Prayer During Hard Times

Keep on with your prayers.

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.

But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

And it will be turned to a witness for you.

But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.

If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;

In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?

In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.

And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.

Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.

Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.

And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.

And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,

So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;

But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

Even while I was still in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at first when my weariness was great, put his hand on me about the time of the evening offering.

And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?