32 Bible Verses about Prayerfulness

and then being a widow even for fourscore and four years. She departed not from the temple, but worshiped with the fasting and prayer, night and day.

Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has fixed her hope on God, and devotes herself to supplications and prayers, day and night.

"I am the Vine you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears abundant fruit; because apart from me you can do nothing. "If any one does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire and burned. "If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever your will is, and it shall be yours.read more.
"By this is my Father glorified, by your bearing abundant fruit, and so being my disciples.

"While praying do not say the same words over and over again, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that by their much speaking they will gain attention.

they who consume the property of widows and make long, pretentious prayers. The greater shall their condemnation be."

"but they devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive severer condemnation."

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

Keep watch, all of you, and pray that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.'

But he arrived at the place he said to them, "Pray that you enter not into temptation."

"So be on your guard at all times, praying that you may be worthy to escape these things that shall come to pass, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of man."

Be unwearied in prayer, and keep awake in it when giving thanks.

He also taught them by a parable how they ought always to pray and never to lose heart.

But at midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

Pray without ceasing.

But the end of all things is close at hand; so be sober, watch and pray.

Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

In the days of his flesh, with better cries and weeping Jesus offered up prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him out of death; and he was heard because of his devout submission.

But Jesus himself habitually withdrew into solitary places, and there used to pray.

Then they rolled the stone away; and Jesus lifted up his eyes and said: "Father, I thank thee that thou hast listened to me. And I knew that thou art ever listening to me, but for the sake of the crowd who are standing about, I said it, in order that they may believe that thou hast sent me."

These all with one mind gave their constant attention to prayer, together with some women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

and they stedfastly continued in the teaching of the apostles, and in the fellowship, in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers.

As soon as the apostles were released, they went to their friends, and told what the high priests and elders had said. And when they heard it they all lifted up their voices in prayer to God, saying. "O Sovereign Lord, who madest heaven and earth and sea, and all that in them is, "who saidest through the Holy Spirit, by the lips of thy servant David, our forefather. "Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples form futile plans?read more.
"The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against his Christ. "In this very city they did gather together against thy holy Servant, Jesus whom thou hast anointed??erod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel??28 "to do all that thy power and thy will had predetermined should be done. "And now Lord, listen to their threats, and grant to thy slaves to proclaim thy message with all boldness, "whilst thou stretchest forth thy hand to heal; grant too, that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant, Jesus." When they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the message of the Lord with boldness.

"But we will give ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word."

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer to God was made by the church for him.

For this reason from the day I heard of it I have never ceased to pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will with every kind of wisdom and spiritual insight;

God is my witness, to whom I render holy service in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I am ever making mention of you in my prayers, always entreating him that now at length, if such be his will, the way may be made clear for me to come to you.

do not cease to praise God for you, whenever I mention you in my prayers.

in every petition of mine in your behalf I am offering my prayer with joy for your fellowship in forwarding the gospel,

Night and day I am praying earnestly that I may see you face to face, and may perfect whatever is yet lacking in your faith.

To this end I am making my constant prayer for you, beseeching God to make you worthy of your calling, and to fulfil mightily every desire of goodness and effort of faith;

I give thanks to God whom I worship with a pure conscience as my fathers did, when I remember you unceasingly in my prayers.