Bible Verses About Prayer

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

For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God:

In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.

That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given.

The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.

It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.

He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.

Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:

Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.

And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

It shall be for a sign, and for a testimony to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they shall cry to the Lord because of the oppressor, and he shall send them a Saviour and a defender to deliver them.

Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.

For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shall hear, he will answer thee.

O Lord, have mercy on us: for we have waited for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.

And Ezechias prayed to the Lord, saying:

Lord of hosts, God of Israel who sitteth upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.

Incline, O Lord, thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.

For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and their countries.

And they have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the works of men's hands, of wood and stone: and they broke them in pieces.

And now, O Lord our God, save us out of his hand: and let all the kingdoms of the earth know, that thou only art the Lord.

And Ezechias turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord,

And said: I beseech thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Ezechias wept with great weeping.