Bible Verses About Prayer

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.

O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:

“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.