Bible Verses About Prayer

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.

Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.

And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors, and he will send them a saviour, and a defender, and he will deliver them.

Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.

O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah,

and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.