Bible Verses About Pray
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for pray, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,219 votes, led by 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Pray
1 Thessalonians 5:17144 votes
Pray without ceasing.
Jeremiah 33:3140 votes
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Philippians 4:6128 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
James 5:1693 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.
Ephesians 6:1881 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Mark 11:2457 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 Timothy 2:849 votes
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Matthew 6:9-1347 votes
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
James 5:1342 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
James 4:339 votes
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
1 John 3:2235 votes
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
James 1:533 votes
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.
James 5:1829 votes
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
John 15:728 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.
2 Chronicles 7:1427 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.
Matthew 7:723 votes
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
1 Chronicles 16:1122 votes
Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
Matthew 26:4121 votes
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Luke 18:121 votes
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
1 John 1:920 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Matthew 18:18-2017 votes
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
James 5:2016 votes
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
John 16:2415 votes
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Romans 8:26-2715 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 6:714 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.
What does the Bible say about pray?
Readers most often cite 1 Thessalonians 5:17 on the subject of pray. Across 1,219 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jeremiah 33:3, Philippians 4:6, James 5:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.