Bible Verses About Public Prayer

And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.

Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them.

And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked devices.

Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it.

And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation.

And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.

And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.

Praise and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty in his sanctuary.

To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

I will bring them into my holy mount, and will make them joyful in my house of prayer: their holocausts, and their victims shall please me upon my altar: for my house shall be called the house of prayer, for all nations.

And the inhabitants go one to another, saying: Let us go, and entreat the face of the Lord, and let us seek the Lord of hosts: I also will go.

And when he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.

Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning anything whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven.

For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

And all the multitude of the people was praying without, at the hour of incense.

And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day: and he rose up to read.

And he said to them: When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

And continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they took their meat with gladness and simplicity of heart:

Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.

Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them.

Peter therefore was kept in prison. But prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto God for him.

And considering, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark, where many were gathered together and praying.

Then they fasting and praying and imposing their hands upon them, sent them away.

And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain girl having a pythonical spirit met us, who brought to her masters much gain by divining.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth: but my understanding is without fruit.