Here are the most relevant bible verses about prayer. They are God’s wisdom to help you pray effectively and receive answers to your prayers.
Colossians 4:2, KJV
“2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;”
1 John 5:14, KJV
“14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:”
1 John 5:15, KJV
“15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.”
Mark 11:24, KJV
“24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”
James 5:16, KJV
“16 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.”
2 Chronicles 7:14, KJV
“14 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.”
James 5:13, KJV
“13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
Matthew 5:44, KJV
“44 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;”
Matthew 6:7, KJV
“7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.”
Matthew 26:41, KJV
“41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Proverbs 15:8, KJV
“8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.”
Psalm 17:6, KJV
“6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”
Psalm 102:17, KJV
“17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.”
Psalm 141:2, KJV
“2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.”
Romans 12:12, KJV
“12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”
Psalm 4:1, KJV
“4 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.”
Psalm 72:20, KJV
“20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.”
Psalm 145:18, KJV
“18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.”
Luke 11:2-4, KJV
“2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.”
Proverbs 15:29, KJV
“29 The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.”
Matthew 6:9-13, KJV
“9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
Matthew 7:11, KJV
“11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”
Luke 18:1, KJV
“18 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;”
Romans 8:26, KJV
“26 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.”
Philippians 4:6, KJV
“6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
Hebrews 5:7, KJV
“7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;”
1 Peter 4:7, KJV
“7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.”
1 Peter 3:7, KJV
“7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
1 Peter 3:12, KJV
“12 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.”
Colossians 4:2, KJV
“2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;”
Colossians 4:12, KJV
“12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.”
1 Thessalonians 5:17, KJV
“17 Pray without ceasing.”
1 Timothy 2:8, KJV
“8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”
1 Timothy 2:1-2, KJV
“2 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.”
1 Timothy 5:5, KJV
“5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.”
2 Timothy 1:3, KJV
“3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;”
Jeremiah 29:12, KJV
“12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.”
Jeremiah 33:3, KJV
“3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
Matthew 18:20, KJV
“20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
Hebrews 4:16, KJV
“16 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 6:6, KJV
“6 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.”
James 1:6, KJV
“6 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.”
John 15:16, KJV
“16 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 14 :13, KJV
“13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
James 4:2, KJV
“2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
2 Samuel 24:25, KJV
“25 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.”
Acts 2:42, KJV
“42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
Acts 10:4, KJV
“4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.”
Romans 1:9, KJV
“9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers”
Romans 15:30, KJV
“30 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”
Ephesians 1:16, KJV
“16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers”
Luke 2:37, KJV
“37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.”
Luke 5:33, KJV
“33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?”
Matthew 23:14, KJV
“14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.”
Mark 12:40, KJV
“40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.”
Revelation 5:8, KJV
“8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.”
Revelation 8:3, KJV
“3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.”
Revelation 8:4, KJV
“4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.”