'Prayer' in the Bible

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a den of robbers!"

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

Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.

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

Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.

She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.

All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.

With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.

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

Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior,

For it is sanctified by God's word and by prayer.

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.

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord's face is against those who do evil.

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.