Bible Verses About Prayer

But in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Prayer is presented here as the proper response to anxious care.

Pray without ceasing.

Prayer is meant to be woven into the whole of life.

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

God invites His people to call on Him with expectation.

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

Jesus encourages active, persistent seeking in prayer.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.

Prayer and perseverance are linked closely in hardship.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

This verse underscores the power and seriousness of prayer.

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

Prayer brings believers near the God who is already near to them.

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

Confidence in prayer is grounded in God's hearing and His will.

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

Persistence in prayer is taught by Jesus.

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

Prayer and a clean heart before God belong together.

Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

United prayer has special promise.

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

Prayer is to be continual and Spirit-led.

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

God hears those who feel they have nothing left.