Bible Verses about “the importance of prayer”
The Bible contains 12 verses about the importance of prayer across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
“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.”
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”
“‹Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive› [them], ‹and ye shall have› [them].”
“¶ And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
“¶ 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.”
“Pray without ceasing.”
“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
“¶ And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;”
“¶ Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;”
“The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.”