Bible Verses About Unanswered Prayer
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for unanswered prayer, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 13,115 votes, led by James 4:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Unanswered Prayer
James 4:3731 votes
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Psalms 66:18425 votes
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
1 John 5:14-15366 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
Matthew 21:22327 votes
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Mark 11:24277 votes
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Proverbs 28:9267 votes
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
John 15:7266 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.
1 John 5:14242 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
Matthew 7:7-11241 votes
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
John 9:31239 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.
James 1:6230 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.
Isaiah 59:2219 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.
Philippians 4:6217 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
1 Peter 3:12217 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.
2 Corinthians 12:7-9213 votes
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Romans 8:26191 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 7:7189 votes
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
John 14:12-14143 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Mark 11:22-24142 votes
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Isaiah 1:15-16136 votes
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Ephesians 3:20135 votes
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Luke 18:1-43134 votes
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
James 5:16131 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.
James 4:3-10124 votes
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
1 John 5:15122 votes
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
What does the Bible say about unanswered prayer?
Readers most often cite James 4:3 on the subject of unanswered prayer. Across 13,115 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 66:18, 1 John 5:14-15, Matthew 21:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.