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Bible Verses for Prayer

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Prayer is simply talking to God — and the Bible is full of guidance, encouragement, and examples of what that looks like. From the Lord's Prayer to the Psalms, from Hannah's desperate cry to Paul's letters, scripture shows us that prayer is not a formula but a relationship.

These Bible verses about prayer will encourage you to pray with confidence, persistence, and faith. They remind us that God hears every prayer, that nothing is too small to bring before Him, and that a praying life is a transformed life.

Philippians 4:6
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Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Ephesians 6:12
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].

James 5:16
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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.

Ephesians 6:11
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Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Ephesians 6:13
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Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Ephesians 6:17
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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Ephesians 6:10
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¶ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Matthew 6:6
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‹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.›

Ephesians 6:18
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Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Ephesians 6:15
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And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Ephesians 6:16
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Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Ephesians 6:14
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Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

Matthew 6:5
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¶ ‹And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites› [are]: ‹for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›

Matthew 6:7
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‹But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen› [do]: ‹for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.›

Matthew 18:20
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‹For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.›

Mark 11:24
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‹Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive› [them], ‹and ye shall have› [them].

John 15:7
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‹If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.›

James 5:14
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Is any sick among you? 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:

Acts 2:42
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¶ And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Romans 8:26
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¶ 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.

Galatians 6:2
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Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

1 Timothy 2:1
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¶ I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men;

1 Thessalonians 5:17
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Pray without ceasing.

James 5:13
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Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

2 Chronicles 7:14
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

James 5:15
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And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Matthew 18:19
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‹Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.›

Jeremiah 33:3
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Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

John 17:17
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¶ ‹Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.›

Matthew 21:22
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‹And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.›

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