43 Bible Verses about Prayer During Hard Times

Pray continually.

For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

{To the Chanter, a song of the children of Korah upon Alamoth} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

If any of you be evil vexed, let him pray. If any of you be merry, let him sing Psalms.

As for me, I will sing of thy power, and praise thy mercy betimes in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.

and pray always with all manner prayer and supplication - and that in the spirit - and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints,

And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me."

And this shall chance you for a testimonial.

The LORD hath granted his loving-kindness in the daytime; and in the night-season did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life.

Watch therefore continually and pray, that ye may obtain grace to fly all this that shall come. And that ye may stand before the son of man."

When I call upon thee, thou hearest me, and endowest my soul with much strength.

If thou be overseen and negligent in time of need, then is thy strength but small.

O put your trust in him always, ye people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.

without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father:

I called upon the LORD in trouble, and the LORD heard me at large.

Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time.

For such one never sayeth, 'Where is God that made me? And that shineth upon us, that we might praise him in the night?

Watch and pray, that ye fall not into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

And the apostles said unto the Lord, "Increase our faith."

Woe shall be in those days to them that are with child, and to them that give suck.

But pray that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day.

I exhort therefore that above all things, prayers, supplications, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be had for all men:

Use well the time of prosperity and remember the time of misfortune: For God maketh one by the other, so that a man can find nothing else.

Did not I weep in the time of trouble? Had not my soul compassion upon the poor?

In all things give thanks. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

Hannah answered, and said, "Not so, my lord. I am a woman sorrowful in mine heart, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall he be praised.

If any be diseased among you, let him call for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord:

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, nor shall be.

This understand, that in the last days shall come perilous times:

which comforteth us in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are troubled, in whatsoever tribulation it be, with the same comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Thou hast cried unto me, and I have heard thee: I have showed great and high things, which were unknown unto you."

And he was in agony, and prayed somewhat longer: And his sweat was like drops of blood, trickling down to the ground.

These all continued with one accord, in prayer, and supplication with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

But ye, dearly beloved, edify yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the holy ghost,

Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you:

At midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prisoners heard them.

The end of all things is at hand. Be ye therefore discreet, and sober, that ye may be apt to prayers.

Yea, while I was yet speaking in my prayer, behold, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen afore in the vision, came flying to me, and touched me about the offering time in the evening.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God,

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one the other.

'Behold, I am the LORD God of all flesh, is there anything then too hard for me?'