Bible Verses About Prayer
14 Bible verses about Prayer to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
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.
Pray without ceasing.
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.
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.
Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
Common questions
What does the Bible say about prayer?
Scripture invites constant, honest prayer: “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17) and “in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6). God hears and answers.
Which Bible verses are about prayer?
Philippians 4:6–7, Matthew 6:9–13 (the Lord’s Prayer), 1 Thessalonians 5:17, and James 5:16 are often memorized. They teach us both how to pray and why to keep praying.
How should I pray according to the Bible?
Jesus gives the pattern in the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9–13): praise, submission to God’s will, requests, confession, and dependence. We pray with thanksgiving and trust, knowing our Father already knows what we need (Matthew 6:8).