Bible Verses About Intercessory Prayer
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for intercessory prayer, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,872 votes, led by 1 Timothy 2:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Intercessory Prayer
1 Timothy 2:1523 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Romans 8:26392 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.
Matthew 18:19-20355 votes
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.
Ephesians 6:18312 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
James 5:13-16310 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
John 15:7209 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.
Matthew 21:22186 votes
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Isaiah 59:16181 votes
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
John 16:23-24177 votes
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Job 42:10171 votes
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.
Ephesians 6:10-18161 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
John 17:1-26151 votes
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:
Hebrews 7:25139 votes
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.
Jude 1:20138 votes
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Isaiah 62:6136 votes
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
Matthew 7:11125 votes
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?
Romans 8:34123 votes
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Acts 1:14102 votes
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Philemon 1:1-2597 votes
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
James 5:1694 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.
Isaiah 53:1293 votes
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Ezekiel 22:30-3191 votes
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
John 17:1587 votes
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Matthew 5:4485 votes
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;
1 Timothy 2:1-280 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
What does the Bible say about intercessory prayer?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 2:1 on the subject of intercessory prayer. Across 7,872 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 8:26, Matthew 18:19-20, Ephesians 6:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.