'Prayer' in the Bible

But this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting."

He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"

You will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe."

He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting."

Then he began to teach them: "It is written, is it not, "My house is to be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you've turned it into a hideout for bandits!"

That is why I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.

He went away again and prayed the same prayer as before.

But the angel told him, "Stop being afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

and then as a widow for 84 years. She never left the Temple, but continued to worship there night and day with times of fasting and prayer.

Now it was in those days that Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a hideout for bandits!"

When he got up from prayer, he went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow.

With one mind, all of them kept devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women (including Mary the mother of Jesus) and his brothers.

The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.

One afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to the Temple for the three o'clock prayer time.

Then we'll devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

and said, "Cornelius, your prayer has been heard. God has remembered your gifts to the poor,

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer to God for him was being offered by the assembly.

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, and with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

On the Sabbath day, we went out the city gate and walked along the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and began talking to the women who had gathered there.

Once, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of fortune-telling and who had brought her owners a great deal of money by predicting the future.

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God about the Jews is that they would be saved.

Be joyful in hope, patient in trouble, and persistent in prayer.

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and request. Likewise, be alert with your most diligent efforts and pray for all the saints.

And this is my prayer, that your love will keep on growing more and more with full knowledge and insight,

Devote yourselves to prayer. Be alert and thankful when you pray.

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

And the prayer offered in faith will save the person who is sick. The Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.