Bible Verses About Prayer

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

¶ Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

¶ As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

¶ To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

¶ Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

¶ But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.