Bible Verses About Prayer

"Call unto me, and I will answer thee." From Hannah's tearful prayer to the Lord's Prayer and Paul's "pray without ceasing," Scripture treats prayer as ordinary conversation with a Father who listens.

If you do not know how to start, pray these verses back to God. Many Christians have learned to pray exactly that way — by borrowing the words of the Bible.

28 Bible verses about prayer

1. 1

   But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

2. 2

   Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

3. 3

   Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

4. 4

   Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

5. 5

   Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

6. 6

   And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

7. 7

   The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

8. 8

   Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

9. 9

   For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

10. 10

    My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

11. 11

    I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

12. 12

    Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

13. 13

    Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

14. 14

    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.

15. 15

    And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

16. 16

    If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

17. 17

    I EXHORT therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

18. 18

    He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

19. 19

    Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

20. 20

    Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

21. 21

    And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

22. 22

    Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

23. 23

    Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

24. 24

    And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

25. 25

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

26. 26

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

27. 27

    For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

28. 28

    Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Bible text: King James Version (KJV).