Prayer

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

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.

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

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.

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.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Pray without ceasing.

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

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

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

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

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.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

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.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

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

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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: — read the full passage →

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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. — read the full passage →

The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

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

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →

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

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. — read the full passage →

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben–hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. — read the full passage →

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: — read the full passage →

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

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. — read the full passage →

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. — read the full passage →

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. — read the full passage →

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

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: