Bible Verses about Prayer

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• Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18joygratitude
• Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
  Philippians 4:6-7gratitudeworryingfear
• And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.
  1 John 5:14trustlistening
• Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
  Colossians 4:2gratitude
• In those days when you pray, I will listen.
  Jeremiah 29:12worshiplistening
• I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.
  Mark 11:24faithreceiving
• Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.
  Romans 12:12joypatience
• The Lord is close to all who call on him,
  yes, to all who call on him in truth.
  Psalm 145:18trustreliability
• Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
  Acts 16:25worshiplisteningpraise
• Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.
  Jeremiah 33:3understandinglistening
• When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.
  Matthew 6:7speakingthoughts
• So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
  Hebrews 4:16gracemercy
• For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.
  Matthew 18:20Jesuscommunitychurch
• But in my distress I cried out to the Lord;
  yes, I prayed to my God for help.
  He heard me from his sanctuary;
  my cry to him reached his ears.
  Psalm 18:6speakinglistening
• But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
  Matthew 6:6rewardFather
• And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.
  1 John 5:15trustlistening
• Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
  James 5:16righteousnesshealingsickness
• But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
  James 1:6trustfaith
• The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.
  1 Peter 4:7second comingend timesrest
• You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.
  John 15:16obediencecallingfruitfulness
• For I cried out to him for help,
  praising him as I spoke.
  Psalm 66:17worshippraisesinging
• They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.
  Acts 1:14community
• You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.
  Matthew 21:22reliabilityfaith
• You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.
  John 14:13JesusFather
• But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.
  Luke 6:27-28obedienceblessing