Bible Passages About Prayer

Philippians 4:6

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”

Prayer turns anxiety into a request placed before God.

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”

Jesus encourages active, persistent prayer.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

“Pray without ceasing.”

Prayer is not only a moment. It can become a rhythm of life with God.

Psalm 86:6

“Listen to my prayer, LORD; hear my cry for help.”

Psalm 10:17

“You listen, Lord, to the needs of the poor; you encourage them and hear their prayers.”

2 Chronicles 6:19

“Give attention to your servant's prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.”

1 Kings 8:28

“Yet give attention to your servant's prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day.”

Psalm 130:2

“Lord, hear my cry! May your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.”

Mark 11:24

“Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.”

Baruch 2:14

“Listen to the prayers of your servant and your people Israel. Listen from your heavenly dwelling; listen and forgive.”

Psalm 141:1

“LORD, I call to you; come quickly to help me; hear me when I call to you.”

Psalm 61:3

“From the ends of the earth I call; my heart grows faint. Raise me up, set me on a rock.”

Psalm 18:6

“In my distress I called upon the Lord and cried out to my God; from his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.”

Psalm 6:10-11

“The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer. My foes will all be disgraced and will shudder greatly; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.”

Isaiah 56:7

“Them I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

Jonah 2:8

“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; My prayer reached you in your holy temple.”

Psalm 142:7

“Listen to my cry, for I am brought very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.”

1 Kings 8:39

“Listen from your heavenly dwelling place, and forgive and render to all whose hearts you know, according to all their conduct.”

Psalm 90:12

“Teach us to count our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart.”

Psalm 51:10

“Make me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.”

Psalm 36:11

“Continue your kindness toward your friends, your just defense of the honest heart.”

Luke 22:40

“On reaching the place, he said to them, Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

Psalm 55:2

“Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.”

Jude 1:20

“But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the holy Spirit.”

1 Kings 8:52

“May your eyes be open to your servant's plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they call to you.”

Genesis 25:21

“Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.”

Psalm 22:24

“For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.”

James 5:16

“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.”

2 Chronicles 33:13

“He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord indeed was God.”

John 14:13

“And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”