Bible Verses About The Importance of Prayer
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the importance of prayer, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,648 votes, led by Philippians 4:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Importance of Prayer
Philippians 4:6336 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Colossians 4:2329 votes
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Psalms 145:18265 votes
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
1 Thessalonians 5:17214 votes
Pray without ceasing.
Ephesians 6:18205 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
James 5:16203 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.
Romans 12:12188 votes
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Mark 11:24187 votes
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
James 5:13174 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Romans 8:26172 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.
Luke 18:1171 votes
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Acts 2:42167 votes
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Jeremiah 29:12143 votes
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Matthew 6:6137 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 6:7133 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.
John 17:1-26123 votes
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18119 votes
Rejoice evermore.
1 John 5:14118 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
Hebrews 4:16115 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.
Matthew 26:41114 votes
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Jeremiah 33:3110 votes
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Matthew 7:7-8110 votes
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
John 15:7110 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.
Philippians 4:6-7110 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
2 Chronicles 7:14109 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.
What does the Bible say about the importance of prayer?
Readers most often cite Philippians 4:6 on the subject of the importance of prayer. Across 10,648 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 4:2, Psalms 145:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.