46 Bible Verses about Praying For Others

Therefore you must not pray for this people, and you must not lift up for them a cry of entreaty, or a prayer, for I [will] not listen in the time of their calling to me, in the time of their trouble.

"And you, you must not pray for this people, and you must not lift up for them a cry of entreaty or a prayer, and you must not plead with me, for I [will] not hear you.

So Yahweh said to me, "You must not pray for this people, for [their] happiness.

Also, as for me, far be it from me {that I should sin} against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the good and righteous way.

Brothers, pray for us.

on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not [leading] to death, he should ask, and he will grant life to him, to those who sin not [leading] to death. ([There] is a sin [leading] to death; I do not say that he should ask about that.

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand [and] pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, in order that they may be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!

And I especially urge [you] to do this, so that I may be restored to you more quickly.

pray constantly,

and [they are] longing for you in their prayers for you, because of the surpassing grace of God to you.

All these were busily engaged with one mind in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.

I am asking on behalf of them. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you have given me, because they are yours,

"And I do not ask on behalf of these only, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word,

And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins {he will be forgiven}.

Therefore, I urge first of all [that] petitions, prayers, requests, [and] thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,

{Therefore what should I do}? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.

[while] you also join in helping {on our behalf} by prayer, so that thanks may be given {on our behalf} by many persons for this gracious gift [given] to us through [the help] of many.

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

Because of this also we, from the day we heard about [it], did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled [with] the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,

And Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the belly of the fish

Then Yahweh returned Job's fortune when he prayed to him on behalf of his friends. Thus Yahweh increased {all that Job had twice as much as before}.

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

And Daniel went in and requested from the king that he would give him time, and {he would tell the king} the explanation.

Now I exhort you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to contend along with me in your prayers on my behalf to God,

Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

so that, coming to you with joy by the will of God, I may rest with you.

And it happened that while he was in a certain place praying, when he stopped a certain one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

Then Daniel went to his home, and he made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, his companions,

praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also {I am a prisoner},

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charitable deeds have been remembered before God.

for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.

And it happened that while he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, saying, "Who do the crowds say [that] I am?"

And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

And he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive [him], so that your Father who [is] in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

Now we pray to God that you not do wrong in any way, not that we are seen as approved, but that you do what is good, even [though] we are [seen] as though unqualified.

Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving,

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants so that they [could] bear children [again].

This [is] good and acceptable before God our Savior,

Now it happened that in these days he went away to the mountain to pray, and was spending the whole night in prayer to God.