Bible Verses About Praying in the Spirit
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for praying in the spirit, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,643 votes, led by Romans 8:26. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Praying in the Spirit
Romans 8:26265 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.
Ephesians 6:18250 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Jude 1:20200 votes
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Romans 8:26-27183 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.
1 Corinthians 14:15136 votes
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
John 4:24108 votes
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
1 Corinthians 14:14106 votes
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Romans 8:27104 votes
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Matthew 6:796 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.
1 Corinthians 14:287 votes
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
James 4:384 votes
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Philippians 4:674 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Matthew 26:4168 votes
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Ephesians 2:1867 votes
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
John 15:763 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.
Acts 2:1-4763 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
1 John 5:1562 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 Corinthians 14:458 votes
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
1 John 1:958 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Galatians 5:16-1757 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
1 Corinthians 14:1956 votes
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
1 Thessalonians 5:1746 votes
Pray without ceasing.
Luke 18:144 votes
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
1 Timothy 2:844 votes
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Acts 2:443 votes
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
What does the Bible say about praying in the spirit?
Readers most often cite Romans 8:26 on the subject of praying in the spirit. Across 3,643 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:18, Jude 1:20, Romans 8:26-27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.