What Does the Bible Say About Prayer Of The Heart?

John 15:7 ESV / 21 helpful votes

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

James 4:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:26 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Matthew 6:9-13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

Luke 18:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

James 1:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Mark 1:35 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

Psalm 55:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.

James 5:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Isaiah 59:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Colossians 4:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

1 Kings 8:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven,

Jude 1:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

Colossians 1:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Mark 11:22-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Psalm 90:1-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!” For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: ...

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Pray without ceasing,

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Matthew 6:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Psalm 90:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

1 John 3:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 1:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,

Ephesians 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”

Luke 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

Matthew 7:7-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Ecclesiastes 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.

Psalm 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

46 Bible Verses about Prayer Of The Heart

John 15:7 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 4:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:26 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:9-13 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 18:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 1:35 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 55:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 5:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 59:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 4:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 8:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 11:22-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 90:1-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 90:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 1:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:7-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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