100 Bible Verses about the Importance of Prayer

Here are 100 Bible verses about the importance of prayer, 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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Colossians 4:2 KJV

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

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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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1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷ Pray without ceasing.

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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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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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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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Romans 12:12 KJV

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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John 17:1-26 KJV

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Matthew 7:7-8 KJV

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ⁸ For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

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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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Matthew 21:22 KJV

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

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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1 Peter 3:7 KJV

⁷ Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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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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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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1 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

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

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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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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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John 14:14 KJV

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

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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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Matthew 7:11 KJV

¹¹ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

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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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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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John 15:1-3 KJV

¹ I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. ² Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. ³ Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

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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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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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2 Timothy 3:1-7 KJV

¹ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. ² For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³ Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, ⁴ Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures …

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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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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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Acts 12:5 KJV

⁵ Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

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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 102:17 KJV

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

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Matthew 6:9 KJV

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

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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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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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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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Luke 5:16 KJV

¹⁶ And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

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Romans 1:9-10 KJV

⁹ For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; ¹⁰ Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

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Acts 4:31 KJV

³¹ And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

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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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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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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 66:17 KJV

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

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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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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 39:12 KJV

¹² Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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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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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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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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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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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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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 Peter 3:2 KJV

² While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Mark 11:2 KJV

² And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

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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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Matthew 6:12 KJV

¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

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Matthew 6:8 KJV

⁸ Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

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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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Acts 12:2 KJV

² And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

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Luke 11:11-13 KJV

¹¹ If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? ¹² Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? ¹³ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

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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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Acts 16:25 KJV

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

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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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Ephesians 1:18 KJV

¹⁸ The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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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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Philippians 4:1-23 KJV

¹ Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. ² I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. ³ And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. …

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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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Matthew 6:10 KJV

¹⁰ Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

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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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Jeremiah 29:2 KJV

² (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)

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Proverbs 15:8 KJV

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

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Matthew 6:2 KJV

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.

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James 5:13-14 KJV

¹³ Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 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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Mark 9:24 KJV

²⁴ And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

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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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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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Job 22:27 KJV

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

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James 5:16-18 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. ¹⁷ 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. ¹⁸ And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought …

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Luke 11:2 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.

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