66 Bible Verses About The Importance of Prayer

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.

And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand.

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.

And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.