Bible verses by topic / Prayer
Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.
I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
For I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.
So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Give us today our daily bread.
Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.’
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.