Bible Verses About Prayer

The desire of those fearing Him He doth, And their cry He heareth, and saveth them.

For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Far is Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.

Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

And I say, `Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man--unclean of lips am I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'

And it hath been for a sign and for a testimony, To Jehovah of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they cry unto Jehovah from the face of oppressors, And He sendeth to them a saviour, Even a great one, and hath delivered them.

O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement is on them.

For the people in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, Weep thou not, weeping, Pitying, He pitieth thee at the voice of thy cry, When He heareth He answereth thee.

O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

And Hezekiah prayeth unto Jehovah, saying,

`Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubs, Thou art God Himself--Thyself alone--to all kingdoms of the earth, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth.

Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes and see; and hear Thou all the words of Sennacherib that he hath sent to reproach the living God.

`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste all the lands and their land,

so as to put their gods into fire--for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone--and they destroy them.

And now, Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, and all kingdoms of the earth do know that Thou art Jehovah, Thyself alone.'

And Hezekiah turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah,

and saith, `I pray thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which is good in thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth--a great weeping.