Bible Verses about
Prayer

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it : that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Hear my prayer, O LORD , and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

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.

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, And his ears are open unto their prayers: But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD ; In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Give us this day our daily bread.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him , And saved him out of all his troubles.

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Arise, O LORD ; O God, lift up thine hand: Forget not the humble.

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue.

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.