Bible verses about Prayer
Verses that teach how to pray and encourage faithful, persistent prayer.
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
Matthew 6:9Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6:11And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Matthew 6:12And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
Matthew 6:13Pray without ceasing.
1 Thessalonians 5:17Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
James 5:16And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
1 John 5:14And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
1 John 5:15Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Matthew 7:8Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
Luke 18:1Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
Romans 12:12First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
1 Timothy 2:1In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
Psalms 5:3Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 29:12You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
Psalms 145:18“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Matthew 26:41Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
Colossians 4:2Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Ephesians 6:18