My ex-husband used to make fun of my walk with Jesus. He used to say, “You pray so much you can’t even go to the bathroom without praying about it.”
What he meant as a total diss, trying to destroy my character and crush my soul, I took as a compliment!
Yes, I pray a lot. All day, every day. Yes, I seek God’s will in every aspect of my life continually. That’s what we are supposed to do (1 Thessalonians 5:17)! I can’t be sorry for obeying the Bible and lining myself up to it, and neither should you! ❤️
Today, let’s look at what God says about prayer in these 30 Bible verses on prayer.
30 Bible Verses on Prayer
1) Matthew 21:21-22
“And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
2) Mark 11:24
“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
3) 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
4) James 5:15-16
“And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 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.”
5) Philippians 4:6
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
6) Matthew 6:6
“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.”
7) Colossians 4:2
“Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”
8) Matthew 7:7-8
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”
9) Romans 8:26
“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.”
10) Psalm 4:1
“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!”
11) Proverbs 15:29
“The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.”
12) Romans 12:12
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
13) 2 Chronicles 7:14
“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.”
14) Psalm 39:12
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.”
15) Jeremiah 33:3
“Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”
16) John 14:13-14
“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.”
17) Psalm 141:1-2
“O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you! Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!”
18) Psalm 5:3
“O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.”
19) James 4:3
“You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”
20) 1 John 5:14-15
“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.”
21) Matthew 6:9-13
“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.”‘
22) Ephesians 6:18
“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,”
23) Matthew 26:41
“Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
24) John 15:7
“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”
25) Luke 18:1
“And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.”
26) 1 Timothy 2:8
“I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;”
27) John 9:31
“We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.”
28) Luke 6:27-28
“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.”
29) Jeremiah 29:12-13
“Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”
30) Psalm 145:18
“The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.”