Bible Verses About Prayers of the Unrighteous
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for prayers of the unrighteous, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,691 votes, led by John 9:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Prayers of the Unrighteous
John 9:31256 votes
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Proverbs 28:9234 votes
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
1 Peter 3:12209 votes
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.
Psalms 66:18192 votes
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Isaiah 59:2155 votes
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
James 5:16150 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.
Proverbs 15:29149 votes
The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
James 4:3125 votes
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
1 John 1:9103 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
John 15:779 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 4:478 votes
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
James 1:6-766 votes
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.
Hebrews 4:1654 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.
John 15:1651 votes
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.
John 3:346 votes
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 6:1842 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
John 3:3641 votes
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 14:13-1441 votes
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
1 John 5:1440 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
John 3:1639 votes
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.
Proverbs 21:1338 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
James 4:838 votes
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Matthew 6:737 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.
Mark 11:2435 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 Thessalonians 5:1735 votes
Pray without ceasing.
What does the Bible say about prayers of the unrighteous?
Readers most often cite John 9:31 on the subject of prayers of the unrighteous. Across 3,691 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 28:9, 1 Peter 3:12, Psalms 66:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.