100 Bible Verses about Prayers (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about prayers, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Mark 11:24 KJV

²⁴Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

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James 5:16 KJV

¹⁶Confess 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.

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Matthew 21:22 KJV

²²And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

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Romans 8:26 KJV

²⁶Likewise 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.

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Ephesians 6:18 KJV

¹⁸Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

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1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷Pray without ceasing.

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John 15:7 KJV

⁷If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

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Psalm 145:18 KJV

¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

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Matthew 6:9-13 KJV

⁹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. ¹¹Give us this day our daily bread. ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. ¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the …

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Philippians 4:6 KJV

⁶Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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Luke 18:1 KJV

¹And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

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Hebrews 4:16 KJV

¹⁶Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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1 John 5:14 KJV

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

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Colossians 4:2 KJV

²Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

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1 Timothy 2:8 KJV

⁸I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

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Matthew 6:7 KJV

⁷But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

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Psalm 55:17 KJV

¹⁷Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

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Matthew 6:5-13 KJV

⁵And 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. ⁶But 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. …

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Philippians 4:6-7 KJV

⁶Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. ⁷And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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Matthew 7:7 KJV

⁷Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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Luke 6:12 KJV

¹²And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

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Matthew 6:6 KJV

⁶But 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.

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James 4:3 KJV

³Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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Matthew 26:39 KJV

³⁹And he went a little farther, 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.

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Psalm 4:1 KJV

¹Hear 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.

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Matthew 26:41 KJV

⁴¹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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Jeremiah 29:12 KJV

¹²Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

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1 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

¹¹Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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1 John 5:15 KJV

¹⁵And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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Acts 1:14 KJV

¹⁴These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

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Jeremiah 33:3 KJV

³Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

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Isaiah 55:6 KJV

⁶Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV

¹⁶Rejoice evermore. ¹⁷Pray without ceasing. ¹⁸In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

¹⁴If 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.

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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2 Corinthians 12:8 KJV

⁸For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

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John 14:13 KJV

¹³And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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Mark 1:35 KJV

³⁵And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

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Jonah 2:1 KJV

¹Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,

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Matthew 6:9 KJV

⁹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

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Psalm 18:6 KJV

⁶In 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.

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Romans 12:12 KJV

¹²Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

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John 15:16 KJV

¹⁶Ye 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.

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Matthew 18:20 KJV

²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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Proverbs 15:29 KJV

²⁹The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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Psalm 88:13 KJV

¹³But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

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James 1:6 KJV

⁶But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

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Acts 7:34 KJV

³⁴I 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.

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John 14:14 KJV

¹⁴If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

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Luke 11:1 KJV

¹And 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.

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Psalm 141:2 KJV

²Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

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Psalm 88:1 KJV

¹O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

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Psalm 40:1 KJV

¹I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

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1 John 5:14-15 KJV

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: ¹⁵And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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1 John 3:22 KJV

²²And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

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John 17:1-26 KJV

¹These 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: ²As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. ³And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. …

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Luke 11:9 KJV

⁹And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

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Mark 11:25 KJV

²⁵And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

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Isaiah 59:2 KJV

²But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

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Proverbs 15:8 KJV

⁸The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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Psalm 118:5 KJV

⁵I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

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Psalm 34:17 KJV

¹⁷The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

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1 Peter 3:12 KJV

¹²For 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.

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James 5:17 KJV

¹⁷Elias 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.

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Hebrews 5:7 KJV

⁷Who 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;

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Acts 9:40 KJV

⁴⁰But 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.

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Acts 1:13 KJV

¹³And 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 Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

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Matthew 18:19 KJV

¹⁹Again 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.

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Psalm 50:15 KJV

¹⁵And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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Psalm 5:3 KJV

³My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

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James 1:5 KJV

⁵If 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.

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1 Timothy 2:1-2 KJV

¹I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; ²For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

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John 9:31 KJV

³¹Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

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Luke 18:1-8 KJV

¹And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; ²Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: ³And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. ⁴And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not …

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Mark 9:29 KJV

²⁹And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

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Matthew 14:23 KJV

²³And 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.

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Matthew 5:44 KJV

⁴⁴But 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;

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Isaiah 65:24 KJV

²⁴And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

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Psalm 66:17 KJV

¹⁷I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

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Ezra 9:6 KJV

⁶And 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.

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Judges 6:36-40 KJV

³⁶And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, ³⁷Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. ³⁸And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the …

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Exodus 14:15 KJV

¹⁵And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

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James 5:16-18 KJV

¹⁶Confess 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. ¹⁷Elias 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. ¹⁸And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought …

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Acts 16:25 KJV

²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

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John 14:13-14 KJV

¹³And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

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Luke 21:36 KJV

³⁶Watch 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.

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Luke 7:3 KJV

³And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

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Matthew 26:36 KJV

³⁶Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

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Daniel 9:3 KJV

³And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

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Psalm 143:12 KJV

¹²And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

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Psalm 66:19 KJV

¹⁹But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

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Psalm 66:18 KJV

¹⁸If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

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Psalm 55:16 KJV

¹⁶As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

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Psalm 22:1 KJV

¹My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

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Revelation 8:4 KJV

⁴And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

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Psalm 138:3 KJV

³In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

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Psalm 80:19 KJV

¹⁹Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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Job 22:27 KJV

²⁷Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

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2 Chronicles 33:19 KJV

¹⁹His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, 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.

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