10 Bible Verses about Praying Behind Closed Doors

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

"Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!

At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

He went in by himself and closed the door. Then he prayed to the Lord.

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it."

"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Once when Jesus was praying by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"