Bible Verses About How to Pray
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for how to pray, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,332 votes, led by Matthew 6:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about How to Pray
Matthew 6:6334 votes
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.
James 5:16310 votes
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.
Romans 8:26292 votes
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.
1 Thessalonians 5:17283 votes
Pray without ceasing.
Matthew 6:9-13270 votes
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Philippians 4:6269 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Matthew 6:7247 votes
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Ephesians 6:18218 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Mark 11:24213 votes
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
1 John 5:14209 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
1 Timothy 2:8198 votes
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
John 15:7181 votes
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
James 4:3176 votes
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Matthew 6:7-9163 votes
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Psalms 145:18159 votes
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Mark 1:35149 votes
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
1 John 1:9144 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Hebrews 4:16140 votes
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Philippians 4:6-7135 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Colossians 4:2134 votes
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Hebrews 5:7130 votes
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;
Matthew 26:41129 votes
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
2 Chronicles 7:14115 votes
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.
1 Chronicles 16:11114 votes
Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
Luke 11:1112 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about how to pray?
Readers most often cite Matthew 6:6 on the subject of how to pray. Across 10,332 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:16, Romans 8:26, 1 Thessalonians 5:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.