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Bible Verses About Prayer

Prayer is the open line between a child and the Father — praise, confession, asking, listening. These Bible verses about prayer teach how, when, and why to pray without ceasing.

Philippians 4:6-7

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In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

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Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

Matthew 6:6

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But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Jeremiah 33:3

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‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Matthew 7:7-8

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“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

James 5:16

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Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

1 John 5:14-15

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This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

Psalms 145:18

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Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Romans 8:26

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In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

Mark 11:24

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Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

Colossians 4:2

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Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

2 Chronicles 7:14

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if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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