Bible on Prayer

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

The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

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

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

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:

Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

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

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

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

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

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

O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

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.

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

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 Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,

That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

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 when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

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.

When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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

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

And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;

O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;