Bible Verses About Prayer

Encouragement to pray, and what the Bible promises about prayer, including the Lord’s Prayer.

  1. 6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
  2. But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
  3. 7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
  4. Pray without ceasing.
  5. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
  6. Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
  7. 14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
  8. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
  9. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
  10. The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
  11. 9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. 10Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11Give us this day our daily bread. 12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
  12. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.