43 Bible Verses about Prayer During Hard Times

pray constantly,

Therefore let all [the] faithful pray to you at [the] time [for] finding [you]. Surely at [the] flood of many waters they will not reach him.

God [is] our refuge and strength, a very sufficient help in troubles.

They will not be put to shame in distressing times, and in [the] days of famine they will be satisfied.

Is anyone among you suffering misfortune? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praise.

But as for me, I will sing [of] your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my [high] stronghold and a refuge in my {time} of trouble.

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

And call me in [the] day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

This will turn out to you for a [time of] witness.

By day Yahweh commands his loyal love, and in the night his song [is] with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these [things] [that] are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

{When} I called and you answered me, you emboldened me in my soul [with] strength.

[If] you faint on the day of adversity, little [is] your strength.

Trust him at all times, O people; pour out before him your heart. God [is] a refuge for us. Selah

[because we] remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

Out of [my] distress I called to Yah. Yah answered me, [setting me] in a broad place.

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

But no one says, 'Where [is] God my Maker, [who] gives songs in the night,

Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"

And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

And woe to those {who are pregnant} and to those who are nursing [their babies] in those days!

But pray that your flight may not happen in winter or on a Sabbath.

Therefore, I urge first of all [that] petitions, prayers, requests, [and] thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,

In the day of prosperity, rejoice! But in the day of adversity, consider! For God made one in place of another so that mortals cannot find out what will happen {in the future}.

Have I not wept for {the unfortunate}, [and] grieved myself over the poor?

give thanks in everything; for this [is] the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

But Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord. I am a woman {deeply distressed}, but I have not drunk wine [or] strong drink. [Rather], I have poured out my soul before Yahweh.

So may he live, and may gold from Sheba be given to him, and may prayers be offered for him continually. May blessings be invoked for him {all day long}.

Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will happen.

But know this, that in the last days difficult times will come,

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those [who are] in all affliction with the comfort with which [we] ourselves are comforted by God.

'Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great [things] and inaccessible [things that] you have not known.'

And being in anguish, he began praying more fervently and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.]]

All these were busily engaged with one mind in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.

But you, dear friends, [by] building yourselves up in your most holy faith, [by] praying in the Holy Spirit,

I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes [upon] you.

Now about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying [and] singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.

And I [was] still speaking in prayer, and the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision {previously}, {in my weariness touched me} at [the] time of [the] evening offering.

and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

And then many will be led into sin and will betray one another and will hate one another,

"Look, I [am] Yahweh, [the] God of all flesh; is {anything} too difficult for me?"