49 Bible Verses about Praying

Brothers, pray for us.

And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use words enough.

Have no anxiety about anything, but make all your wants known to God in prayer and entreaty, and with thanksgiving.

Never give up praying.

Use every kind of prayer and entreaty, and at every opportunity pray in the Spirit. Be on the alert about it; devote yourselves constantly to prayer for all God's people

Pray for me too, that God may give me an opening for the message, and let me tell the secret of Christ on account of which I am kept in prison

"When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get!

You must all watch, and pray that you may not be exposed to trial! One's spirit is eager, but flesh and blood are weak!"

"Two men went up to the Temple to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector.

But when you pray, go into your own room, and shut the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

If any one of you is in trouble, he should pray. If any one is in good spirits, he should sing a hymn.

Therefore I tell you, whenever you pray or ask for anything, have faith that it has been granted you, and you shall have it.

And whenever you stand up to pray, if you have a grievance against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven too may forgive you your offenses."

It was in those days that he went up on the mountain to pray, and passed the whole night in prayer to God.

And it is my prayer that your love may grow richer and richer in knowledge and perfect insight,

for then it is consecrated by prayer and the Scripture used in it.

But Jesus himself would retire into the desert and pray.

That is why, from the day I first heard of it, I have never given up praying for you and asking God to fill you, through full spiritual wisdom and insight, with a clear knowledge of what his will is,

You must help me by your prayers, so that many will give thanks to God on my behalf for the blessing granted me in answer to many prayers.

You ask and fail to get them because you ask with wrong motives, to spend them on your pleasures.

For this reason I kneel before the Father

Peter and John were on their way up to the Temple for the three o'clock hour of prayer,

And he went on a little way, and threw himself on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me. Yet not as I please but as you do!"

I want the men everywhere to offer prayer, lifting to heaven hands that are holy, without any angry disputes.

And everything that you pray for with faith, you will obtain."

In the same way the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit itself pleads for us with inexpressible yearnings,

Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always standing up for you in his prayers that you may stand fast, like men of mature convictions, whatever God's will for you may be.

So Peter was kept in the jail, but the church was praying earnestly to God for him.

Once as he was praying in a certain place, when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."

He gave them an illustration to show that they must always pray and not give up,

and the prayer offered in faith will save the sick man; the Lord will restore him to health, and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

And as he was praying, the look of his face changed and his clothes turned dazzling white.

But you must be vigilant and always pray that you may succeed in escaping all this that is going to happen, and in standing in the presence of the Son of Man."

First of all, then, I urge that entreaties, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for all men,

never cease to thank God for you when I mention you in my prayers.

Then he prayed again, and the heavens yielded rain and the earth produced crops.

On the Sabbath we went outside the gates, to the bank of the river where we supposed there was a praying place, and we sat down and talked with the women who gathered there.

And he said to them, "Why are you asleep? Get up, and pray that you may not be subjected to trial!"

"It is not for them only that I make this request. It is also for those who through their message come to believe in me.