Bible Verses about “how should we pray”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”

“Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.”

“"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”

“But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

“But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

“Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'”

“"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.”

“Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.”

“In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.”

“Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.”

“Give us today our daily bread.”

“Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.”

“Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.”

“If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.”

“Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”

“Pray without ceasing.”

“This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.”

“But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."”

“The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'”

“It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"”

“"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.”

“"When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.”

“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"”

“The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.”

“For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.”

“Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?”

“But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.”

“When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.”

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.”

“Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."”

“Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."”

“"No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.”

“Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'"”

“"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?”

“He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.”

“from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.”

“But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.”

“But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.”

“He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.”

“"He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.”

“I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.”

“One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."”

“He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.”

“Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”

“So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.”

“Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,”

“that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;”

“Give us day by day our daily bread.”

“For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.”