100 Bible Verses About Prayer

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, [whether] of men or beast, shall be thine: nevertheless, the first born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees: they shall impoverish with the sword thy fortified cities, in which thou hast trusted.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying,

And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name:

The rest said, Forbear, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.

So he took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me to [him], and prayed me to bring this young man to thee, who hath something to say to thee.

And the people cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched;

Come to me, all [ye] that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

speak, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, and they ask--each man from his neighbour, and each woman from her neighbour, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold.'

and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? is thy eye evil because I am good?

And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the surrounding region.

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

and his sons stir themselves up, and have gathered a multitude of great forces, and he hath certainly come in, and overflowed, and passed through, and he turneth back, and they stir themselves up unto his stronghold.

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the sound of it, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

Its priests have wronged My law, And they pollute My holy things, Between holy and common they have not made separation, And between the unclean and the clean they have not made known, And from my sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, And I am pierced in their midst.

And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you.

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

Is not Jehovah your God with you? yea, He hath given rest to you round about, for He hath given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and subdued hath been the land before His people.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.

Thou hidest Thy face--they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit--they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which will hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ!

That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to thee.

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.

And Heber the Kenite hath been separated from the Kenite, from the sons of Hobab father-in-law of Moses, and he stretcheth out his tent unto the oak in Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man], [that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, Who, then, is able to be saved?'

Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness--Then am I propitious to her.

All thy strong holds [shall be like] fig-trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who reviveth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as though they were.

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals of it [are] coals of fire, [which hath] a most vehement flame.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

The law of truth hath been in his mouth, And perverseness hath not been found in his lips, In peace and in uprightness he walked with Me, And many he brought back from iniquity.

And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? --

but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this before unbelievers!

And the king answereth and saith unto the woman, Do not, I pray thee, hide from me the thing that I am asking thee;' and the woman saith, Let, I pray thee, my lord the king speak.'

for the priesthood being changed, of necessity also, of the law a change doth come,

And it hath been, if ye certainly hearken unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, So as not to bring in a burden By the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do in it any work--

and Jeroboam saith to his wife, Rise, I pray thee, and change thyself, and they know not that thou art wife of Jeroboam, and thou hast gone to Shiloh; lo, there is Ahijah the prophet; he spake unto me of being king over this people;

Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou hast trusted in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in [these] times.

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

And the lots we have caused to fall for the offering of wood, among the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring in to the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law,

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

and Mattaniah son of Micha, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, is head--at the commencement he giveth thanks in prayer; and Bakbukiah is second among his brethren, and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

We then, [as] co-workers [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

And these things having said, having bowed his knees, with them all, he did pray,

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest: and finding none, he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out.

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

And now for a little space grace hath been [shown] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near to thee.

Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.