You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’

In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.

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.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.

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.

Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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.

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.

The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.

I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.

By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.

Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

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.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

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.

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

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.

When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.

Give us today our daily bread.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

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.’

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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.

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

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.”

But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

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!

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

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.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.