100 Bible Verses about Praying

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

Philippians 4:6 KJV

⁶ Be 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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1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷ Pray without ceasing.

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Romans 8:26 KJV

²⁶ 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.

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John 15:7 KJV

⁷ If 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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Ephesians 6:18 KJV

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

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Matthew 6:6 KJV

⁶ 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.

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James 5:16 KJV

¹⁶ 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.

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Matthew 6:7 KJV

⁷ But 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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Matthew 21:22 KJV

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

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Luke 18:1 KJV

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

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Mark 11:24 KJV

²⁴ Therefore 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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1 Timothy 2:8 KJV

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

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Colossians 4:2 KJV

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

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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV

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

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Hebrews 4:16 KJV

¹⁶ Let 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 Timothy 2:1-2 KJV

¹ I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; ² For 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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Philippians 4:6-7 KJV

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

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Matthew 26:41 KJV

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

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1 John 5:14 KJV

¹⁴ And 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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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹ If 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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Jeremiah 33:3 KJV

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

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Jeremiah 29:12 KJV

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

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Luke 6:12 KJV

¹² 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.

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Matthew 6:9-13 KJV

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

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Matthew 5:44 KJV

⁴⁴ 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;

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Romans 12:12 KJV

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

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Luke 6:27-28 KJV

²⁷ But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, ²⁸ Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

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Psalm 145:18 KJV

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

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2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

¹⁴ 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.

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Exodus 14:14 KJV

¹⁴ The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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1 Corinthians 14:15 KJV

¹⁵ 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.

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James 5:14 KJV

¹⁴ 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:

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James 4:3 KJV

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

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Mark 1:35 KJV

³⁵ And 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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1 John 5:15 KJV

¹⁵ And 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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Job 42:10 KJV

¹⁰ 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.

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Mark 11:25 KJV

²⁵ 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.

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Acts 2:42 KJV

⁴² And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

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Luke 11:1 KJV

¹ 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.

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Mark 9:29 KJV

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

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Luke 11:9 KJV

⁹ 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.

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Psalm 18:6 KJV

⁶ 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.

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1 Timothy 2:5 KJV

⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

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Psalm 5:3 KJV

³ My 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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Acts 1:14 KJV

¹⁴ These 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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John 14:13 KJV

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

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1 John 5:14-15 KJV

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: ¹⁵ And 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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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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James 4:2 KJV

² 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.

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James 1:6 KJV

⁶ 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.

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Psalm 141:2 KJV

² Let 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 34:17 KJV

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

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1 Timothy 2:1-4 KJV

¹ I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; ² For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. ³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; ⁴ Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto …

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John 14:13-14 KJV

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

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1 Peter 3:12 KJV

¹² 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.

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Proverbs 15:29 KJV

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

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James 1:5 KJV

⁵ 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.

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James 5:13 KJV

¹³ Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

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Matthew 18:20 KJV

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

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Psalm 122:6 KJV

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

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James 5:14-15 KJV

¹⁴ 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: ¹⁵ And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

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Hebrews 5:7 KJV

⁷ 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;

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John 15:16 KJV

¹⁶ 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.

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Matthew 18:19-20 KJV

¹⁹ 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. ²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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1 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

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

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Revelation 11:1-19 KJV

¹ And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. ² But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. ³ And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall …

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Acts 3:19-21 KJV

¹⁹ Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. ²⁰ And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: ²¹ Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

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Matthew 6:5-8 KJV

⁵ 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. ⁶ 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. …

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Ezra 8:23 KJV

²³ So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

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Matthew 7:7 KJV

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

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Hebrews 7:25 KJV

²⁵ Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

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Matthew 26:39 KJV

³⁹ And 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 66:17 KJV

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

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1 Peter 5:7 KJV

⁷ Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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Psalm 66:18 KJV

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

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Psalm 55:17 KJV

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

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Nehemiah 1:4 KJV

⁴ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

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Psalm 102:17 KJV

¹⁷ He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

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Galatians 6:2 KJV

² Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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John 17:15 KJV

¹⁵ I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

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Psalm 17:6 KJV

⁶ I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

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Psalm 5:1-3 KJV

¹ Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. ² Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. ³ My 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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1 Timothy 2:1 KJV

¹ I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

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Psalm 4:1 KJV

¹ 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.

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1 John 5:16 KJV

¹⁶ 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.

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1 Peter 4:7 KJV

⁷ But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

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Romans 8:26-27 KJV

²⁶ 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. ²⁷ And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

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Hebrews 4:14 KJV

¹⁴ Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

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1 Corinthians 1:4 KJV

⁴ I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

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Romans 8:35 KJV

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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Luke 11:2-4 KJV

² And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. ³ Give us day by day our daily bread. ⁴ And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

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Jude 1:20 KJV

²⁰ But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

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James 5:14-16 KJV

¹⁴ 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: ¹⁵ And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. ¹⁶ Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent …

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Colossians 1:3 KJV

³ We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

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1 Corinthians 14:4 KJV

⁴ He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

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Matthew 26:42 KJV

⁴² He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

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Matthew 6:1-34 KJV

¹ 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. ² Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. ³ But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand …

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1 John 3:22 KJV

²² And 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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