Bible Verses About Prayer

Let us continue holding fast to the hope we acknowledge, without wavering; for the One who made the promise is trustworthy.

And without trusting, it is impossible to be well pleasing to God, because whoever approaches him must trust that he does exist and that he becomes a Rewarder to those who seek him out.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all generously and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

But let him ask in trust, doubting nothing; for the doubter is like a wave in the sea being tossed and driven by the wind.

Indeed that person should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord,

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded people!

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Is someone among you in trouble? He should pray. Is someone feeling good? He should sing songs of praise.

Therefore, openly acknowledge your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Eliyahu was only a human being like us; yet he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and no rain fell on the Land for three years and six months.

Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the Land produced its crops.

You husbands, likewise, conduct your married lives with understanding. Although your wife may be weaker physically, you should respect her as a fellow-heir of the gift of Life. If you don’t, your prayers will be blocked.

The accomplishing of the goal of all things is close at hand. Therefore, keep alert and self-controlled, so that you can pray.

then, whatever we ask for, we receive from him; because we are obeying his commands and doing the things that please him.

This is the confidence we have in his presence: if we ask anything that accords with his will, he hears us.

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

But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith, and pray in union with the Ruach HaKodesh.

When he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down in front of the Lamb. Each one held a harp and gold bowls filled with pieces of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people;

Another angel came and stood at the altar with a gold incense-bowl, and he was given a large quantity of incense to add to the prayers of all God’s people

on the gold altar in front of the throne. The smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of God’s people from the hand of the angel before God.