Bible Verses About Prayer
Scriptures on talking with God and the power of prayer.
Communicating with the Creator is not a mere religious formality; it is an invitation into deep intimacy. It is the ongoing conversation that keeps our hearts close to the One who is always listening with love. You are invited to come boldly to the throne of grace, for you are always welcome in His presence. Through faith in Christ, every whisper of your heart is heard by the Father.
Key Passages
"And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples."
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."
"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."
"And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes."
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"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name."
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."
"Pray without ceasing."
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
"Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."
"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them."
"And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;"
"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."
"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:"
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."
"¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:"
"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
"And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
"Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you."
"In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me."
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."
"But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking."
"Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"
"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"
"Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him."
"What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:"
"And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven."
"These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren."
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;"
"¶ And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:"
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