'Prayer' in the Bible

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.

And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

Then comes Jesus with them to a place named Gethsemane, and says to his disciples, Be seated here, while I go over there for prayer.

And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

Again, a second time he went away, and said in prayer, O my Father, if this may not go from me without my taking it, let your pleasure be done.

And he went away from them again, and a third time said the same prayer.

And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer.

And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.

For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter.

Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Be seated here while I say a prayer.

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

And again he went away, and said a prayer, using the same words.

But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,

And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.

And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.

And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?

And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and went up into the mountain for prayer.

And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining.

And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.

And he went a little distance away from them and, falling on his knees in prayer, he said,

And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.

And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

In that day you will make requests in my name: and I do not say that I will make prayer to the Father for you,

My prayer is for them: my prayer is not for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, because they are yours

My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.

My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;

And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer;

And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.

Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.

And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.

And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;

But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.

A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me:

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.

Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

And the father of Publius was ill, with a disease of the stomach; to whom Paul went, and put his hands on him, with prayer, and made him well.

And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?

For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.

What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.

For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.

For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.

For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.