58 Bible Verses about Prayerfulness

and this woman was a widow to eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, serving with fastings and supplications night and day.

O LORD, in the morning thou shall hear my voice. In the morning I will direct to thee, and will keep watch.

Evening, and morning, and at noonday, I will complain and moan. And he will hear my voice.

For my love they are my adversaries, but I [make] prayer.

And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he knelt upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he d Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

I wait for LORD. My soul waits, and in his word do I hope, my soul for LORD more than watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning.

As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?read more.
These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.

But the real widow, and made alone, has hoped in God, and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.

Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Seek ye LORD and his strength. Seek his face evermore.

I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing. If any man does not dwell in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and are burned. If ye dwell in me, and my sayings dwell in you, ye will ask whatever ye may want, and it will be done to you.read more.
By this my Father is glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye will become my disciples.

O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water. So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary to see thy power and thy glory. Because thy loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.read more.
So I will bless thee while I live. I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips when I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the night-watches. For thou have been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings I will rejoice. My soul follows close after thee. Thy right hand upholds me,

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. Learn to do good. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

And while praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they will be heard by their much speaking.

those who devour widows' houses, and praying long in pretence. These will receive greater condemnation.

who devour widows' houses, and in pretence make long prayers. These will receive greater damnation.

Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Watch ye and pray that ye may not enter into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

And when he came at the place, he said to them, Pray ye not to enter into temptation.

But as for me, I will look to LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Watch ye therefore, making supplication at all times, so that ye may be considered worthy to escape all these things going to happen, and to stand before the Son of man.

Continue in prayer, being vigilant in it with thankfulness.

And he also spoke a parable to them about it being necessary to always pray, and not to give up,

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us. For though the fig tree shall not flourish, nor shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food. The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls. Yet I will rejoice in LORD. I will joy in the God of my salvation.read more.
LORD, the Lord, is my strength. And he makes my feet like hinds' [feet], and will make me to walk upon my high places.

Now toward midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Pray without ceasing.

But the end of all things has approached. Therefore be serious, and be sober for the prayers.

And it came to pass, when the time came about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of LORD.

Hear the word of LORD, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says LORD. I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts. And I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats. When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand--to trample my courts?read more.
Bring no more vain oblations. Incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies--I cannot bear iniquity and the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They are a trouble to me. I am weary of bearing them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. Learn to do good. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, says LORD, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Elijah was a man of the same nature as we. And by prayer, he asked for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

And Elijah said to Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of abundance of rain. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.read more.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, a cloud rises out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Make ready [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain not stop thee. And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. And the hand of LORD was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days. And I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

and said, I beseech thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments: Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou may hearken to the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the sons of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the sons We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commanded thy servant Moses.read more.
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commanded thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples, but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the outermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name Now these are thy servants and thy people whom thou have redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name, and, I pray thee, prosper thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight

Then the king said to me, For what do thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it.

And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters. But David strengthened himself in LORD his God.

And David spoke to LORD the words of this song in the day that LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: And he said, LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine. God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence.read more.
I will call upon LORD, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.

I love thee, O LORD, my strength. LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. I will call upon LORD, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.

LORD, how my adversaries are increased! Many are those who rise up against me. Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. But thou, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory and he who lifts up of my head.read more.
I cry to LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah. I laid down and slept. I awoke, for LORD sustains me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people who have set themselves against me round about. Arise, O LORD. Save me, O my God. For thou have smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone. Thou have broken the teeth of the wicked. Salvation belongs to LORD. Thy blessing be upon thy people. Selah.

Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that thou set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard. And I have come for thy words' sake.

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years of which the word of LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years. And I set my face to LORD God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.read more.
And I prayed to LORD my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, LORD, the great and fearful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances, nor have we hearkened to thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our rulers, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. O LORD, righteousness belongs to thee, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where tho O LORD, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our rulers, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To LORD our God belong mercies and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him, nor have we obeyed the voice of LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside, that they should not obey thy voice. Therefore the curse has been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God. For we have s And he has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil, for under the whole heaven has not been done as has been done upon Jerusalem. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of LORD our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in thy truth. Therefore LORD has watched over the evil, and brought it upon us, for LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice. And now, O LORD our God, who has brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and has gotten thee renown, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain. Because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy peopl Now therefore, O our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for LORD's sake. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear. Open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name. For we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sak O LORD, hear. O LORD, forgive. O LORD, hearken and do. Defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong shouting and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence,

But he himself was withdrawing into the desolate regions, and praying.

So they took away the stone where the man who died was laying. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou heard me. And I had known that thou always hear me, but because of the multitude that stands by I spoke, so that they may believe that thou sent me.

All these men were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles doctrine, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and the prayers.

And after being released, they went to their own men, and reported as many things as the chief priests and the elders said to them. And those who heard lifted up a voice to God with one accord, and said, Thou Master, the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things in them. He who said through the mouth of thy boy David, Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things?read more.
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord, and against his Christ. For in truth, against thy holy Boy Jesus, whom thou anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, to do as many things as thy hand and thy purpose predetermined to happen. And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word, by thy stretching forth thy hand for healing, and signs and wonders to happen through the name of thy holy Boy Jesus. And when they prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the service of the word.

Indeed therefore Peter was kept in the prison, but fervent prayer was being made by the church to God for him.

Because of this we also, from the day that we heard, cease not praying for you and making request that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

For God is my witness whom I serve in my spirit in the good-news of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers, pleading, if somehow now at last I will have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you.

I cease not expressing thanks for you, making remembrance of you in my prayers.

always in my every entreaty for all of you, making the entreaty with joy

praying night and day above extraordinary in order to see your face and to mend the deficiencies of your faith?

For which also we pray always about you, so that our God will make you worthy of the calling, and will fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power.

I have gratitude to God whom I serve from the forefathers in a pure conscience, as I have unceasing remembrance about thee in my supplications, night and day