32 Bible Verses about Prayerfulness

and she a widow of about fourscore years, who did not depart from the temple, worshiping night and day with fastings and prayers.

She who is truly a widow, and left alone, hopes in God, and abides in prayers and supplication night and day;

I am the vine, and ye are the branches. The one abiding in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit: because you are not able to do anything without me. If any one may not abide in me, he is cast out as a branch, and withered; and they gather it, and cast it into the fire, and it is burnt. If you may abide in me, and my words may abide in you, ask whatsoever you may wish, and it shall be done unto you.read more.
In this my Father is glorified, that you may bear much fruit; and ye shall be my disciples.

And praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do: for they think they shall be heard in their much speaking.

They are those devouring the houses of widows, and making long prayers through pretext; they shall receive the greater judgment.

Who devour the houses of the widows, and pray long through pretext; they shall receive the greater judgment.

Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation: for the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

He being at the place, He said to them, Pray that you enter not into temptation.

Therefore watch, praying all the time, that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Be constant in prayer, watching in the same with thanksgiving;

And He spoke a parable to them that it behooves them to pray always, and not to faint;

But at midnight Paul and Silas, praying, continued to sing praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.

pray without ceasing;

But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto prayers:

Elijah was a man of like suffering to us, and he prayed with prayer that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the earth during three years and six months; and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Who in the days of his flesh, having with strong crying and tears offered up both prayers and supplications unto him who is able to save him from death, and having been heard on account of his piety,

And He was out in the deserts, and praying.

Then they took away the stone; and Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee, because Thou hast heard Me. I know that Thou dost always hear Me; but on account of the multitude standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that Thou didst send Me.

They were all persevering of one accord in prayer along with the women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.

and they were persevering in the teaching of the apostles and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And having been released they came to their own people, and proclaimed so many things as the chief priests and elders said to them. And having heard, they unanimously lifted up their voice to God, and said, O Lord, thou having created the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things which are in them, the One speaking through the mouth of David, thy child, our father through the Holy Ghost, Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?read more.
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and his Christ. For in truth they were assembled together in this city, against thy holy Child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint; both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, to do so many things as thy hand and thy counsel did foreordain to come to pass. And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to thy servants with all boldness to speak thy word, while, reaching forth thy hand unto healings, both miracles and wonders are wrought through the name of thy holy child Jesus. And they praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.

Then indeed Peter was kept in prison: but prayer to God in his behalf was incessantly made by the church.

Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I unceasingly make mention of you always in my prayer; praying, if by any means I shall be prospered in the will of God to come to you.

I do not cease giving thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers;

always in all my prayer with joy making supplication,

night and day praying incessantly that we may see your face, and perfect the deficiencies of your faith?

Unto which indeed we are praying incessantly for you, in order that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and work of faith, with power;

I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a clean conscience, as I have incessant mention of you in my prayers, night and day