Bible Verses About Praying for Each Other
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for praying for each other, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 15,199 votes, led by James 5:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Praying for Each Other
James 5:161,002 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 6:18536 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
1 Timothy 2:1501 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Philippians 4:6396 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Matthew 5:44373 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;
Colossians 1:9366 votes
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12335 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18323 votes
Rejoice evermore.
Romans 8:26321 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 18:19271 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.
Hebrews 4:16265 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.
Romans 15:30243 votes
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Colossians 4:2229 votes
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
1 Thessalonians 5:25226 votes
Brethren, pray for us.
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.
Galatians 6:2207 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
John 14:13192 votes
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
2 Thessalonians 3:1191 votes
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
Philippians 1:9-11185 votes
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Mark 11:24182 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 5:17163 votes
Pray without ceasing.
Job 42:10159 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.
Colossians 4:3159 votes
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
James 4:3158 votes
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
1 John 5:14153 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
What does the Bible say about praying for each other?
Readers most often cite James 5:16 on the subject of praying for each other. Across 15,199 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:18, 1 Timothy 2:1, Philippians 4:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.