Bible Verses About Prayer
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for prayer, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 215,345 votes, led by Mark 11:24. Each passage links into the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Prayer
Mark 11:244,944 votes
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Romans 8:264,595 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.
James 5:164,506 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.
Philippians 4:64,494 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Matthew 6:63,895 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.
Matthew 6:73,776 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.
Colossians 4:23,546 votes
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
1 Thessalonians 5:173,431 votes
Pray without ceasing.
Jeremiah 33:33,219 votes
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
John 15:73,133 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.
Jeremiah 29:123,078 votes
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Matthew 26:413,035 votes
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Romans 12:122,995 votes
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Ephesians 6:182,813 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
1 John 5:142,726 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
Psalms 145:182,529 votes
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Matthew 6:9-132,428 votes
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Luke 18:12,381 votes
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
1 Thessalonians 5:16-182,331 votes
Rejoice evermore.
Matthew 5:442,244 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 John 5:152,235 votes
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
1 Timothy 2:82,221 votes
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Philippians 4:6-72,157 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Luke 11:92,036 votes
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.
2 Chronicles 7:142,031 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.