60 Bible Verses about Praying

Brothers, pray for us also.

When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.

Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Pray constantly.

Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.

At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the message, to speak the mystery of the Messiah, for which I am in prison,

I prayed for this boy, and since the Lord gave me what I asked Him for,

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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

But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Even before they call, I will answer;
while they are still speaking, I will hear.

“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me at the time of their disaster.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

“As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you. I will teach you the good and right way.

Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received them, and you will have them.

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.

During those days He went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.

And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,

since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not offer a cry or a prayer on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.

Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish:

When Solomon finished praying, fire descended from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

Yet He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.

For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

while you join in helping us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gift that came to us through the prayers of many.

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

For this reason I kneel before the Father

Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon.

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

And if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always contending for you in his prayers, so that you can stand mature and fully assured in everything God wills.

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

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

He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:

The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will restore him to health; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

As He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became dazzling white.

Hannah was praying silently, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone,

I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers.

Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate by the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women gathered there.

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation.”

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of these people.

I pray not only for these,
but also for those who believe in Me
through their message.

may You hear their prayer and petition in heaven
and uphold their cause.