Prayers

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Pray without ceasing.

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

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 →

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

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

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

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

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

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

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

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

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

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.

I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

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 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.

O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

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 →

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

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: — 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.

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.

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.

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

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

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

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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

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.

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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

But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

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 it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

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

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 he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, — read the full passage →

And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

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. — read the full passage →

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

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

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

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

His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.