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100 Bible Verses about How Should We Pray

Matthew 6:5-15 ESV / 420 helpful votes

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. ...

Luke 11:1-54 ESV / 278 helpful votes

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.” And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, ...

1 John 5:14 ESV / 243 helpful votes

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

John 15:7 ESV / 204 helpful votes

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 14:13 ESV / 200 helpful votes

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 184 helpful votes

Pray without ceasing,

James 5:16 ESV / 183 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 160 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Matthew 6:9-13 ESV / 151 helpful votes

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

John 14:6 ESV / 143 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Mark 11:24 ESV / 136 helpful votes

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 134 helpful votes

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 131 helpful votes

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

Romans 12:12 ESV / 118 helpful votes

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 114 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 112 helpful votes

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

James 4:3 ESV / 110 helpful votes

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 108 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Colossians 4:2 ESV / 103 helpful votes

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 102 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 93 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 93 helpful votes

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

James 1:5 ESV / 90 helpful votes

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

1 Timothy 2:1-2 ESV / 89 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Philippians 1:3-11 ESV / 88 helpful votes

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. ...

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 86 helpful votes

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

1 Peter 2:4-8 ESV / 83 helpful votes

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

1 John 5:13-21 ESV / 80 helpful votes

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death. ...

Psalm 145:18 ESV / 80 helpful votes

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Matthew 26:41 ESV / 77 helpful votes

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Luke 6:12 ESV / 70 helpful votes

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

Revelation 19:6-9 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

1 John 5:15 ESV / 67 helpful votes

And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

Romans 8:26 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Psalm 122:6 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!

James 1:6 ESV / 64 helpful votes

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

Luke 18:1 ESV / 64 helpful votes

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Mark 1:35 ESV / 64 helpful votes

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 62 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 62 helpful votes

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 John 3:22 ESV / 59 helpful votes

And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 57 helpful votes

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Jeremiah 29:12 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 52 helpful votes

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Colossians 1:3 ESV / 50 helpful votes

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 49 helpful votes

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Psalm 4:1 ESV / 48 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

Acts 1:14 ESV / 47 helpful votes

All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

John 14:13-14 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

Mark 11:25 ESV / 47 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

John 3:16 ESV / 46 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 46 helpful votes

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 46 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 46 helpful votes

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Psalm 66:17 ESV / 46 helpful votes

I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 45 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 45 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

1 John 5:16 ESV / 44 helpful votes

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.

Luke 11:1 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”

Luke 11:9 ESV / 40 helpful votes

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Romans 10:1 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Ephesians 1:15-19 ESV / 38 helpful votes

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might

John 17:1-26 ESV / 38 helpful votes

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. ...

Luke 11:13 ESV / 38 helpful votes

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 37 helpful votes

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 37 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Jeremiah 29:7 ESV / 37 helpful votes

But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

Colossians 1:9 ESV / 36 helpful votes

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Luke 6:27-28 ESV / 36 helpful votes

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

Psalm 18:6 ESV / 36 helpful votes

In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

Isaiah 59:2 ESV / 35 helpful votes

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

James 4:2 ESV / 34 helpful votes

You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

1 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 34 helpful votes

I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

Matthew 6:7-9 ESV / 34 helpful votes

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 33 helpful votes

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 33 helpful votes

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 32 helpful votes

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 32 helpful votes

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Psalm 118:25 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!

2 Thessalonians 1:12 ESV / 30 helpful votes

So that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 29 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 29 helpful votes

For kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

John 1:3 ESV / 29 helpful votes

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 28 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 28 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

James 1:27 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Ephesians 6:11 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

John 15:16 ESV / 26 helpful votes

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

James 5:14 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

James 5:13 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Daniel 6:10 ESV / 25 helpful votes

When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.

John 1:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Acts 16:25 ESV / 22 helpful votes

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

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