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Bible Verses About Prayer

These Bible verses about prayer encourage you to bring everything to God. Read them to see how Scripture invites you to ask, seek, and keep praying.

26 verses to read today

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Matthew 21:22

Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

1 Chronicles 16:11

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.

James 5:15

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Jeremiah 33:3

Pray without ceasing.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

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

Matthew 7:7

The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Psalms 145:18

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.

Colossians 4:2

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

Psalms 55:17

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Isaiah 65:24

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.

Luke 18:1

The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalms 34:17

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 15:7

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.

1 John 5:14

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

Ephesians 6:18

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Psalms 102:17

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:29

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Psalms 4:1

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Luke 6:12

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

Psalms 55:16

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalms 141:2

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

Psalms 5:3

But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Psalms 66:19

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

Philippians 4:6

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Matthew 6:9

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.

Luke 11:9

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version.

A short prayer to pray

Father, teach me to pray without ceasing, and to seek Your presence in all things.

Lord, draw me into a deeper life of prayer, where I truly know Your voice.

Father, help me to pray with sincerity, not for show, but from a humble heart.

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