What Does the Bible Say About Praying To God?

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 5 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,

John 14:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Pray without ceasing,

Mark 1:35 ESV / 4 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.

Romans 8:26 ESV / 3 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.

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

John 15:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Mark 4:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Matthew 6:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,

1 Thessalonians 5:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Brothers, pray for us.

1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.

Acts 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—

Acts 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

John 6:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Matthew 28:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 2 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.

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ...

Deuteronomy 4:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.

Revelation 15:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!

Revelation 8:3-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.

1 John 3:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

James 5:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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.

James 5:1-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. ...

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Colossians 4:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—

34 Bible Verses about Praying To God

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 14:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Mark 1:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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John 15:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 4:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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2 Thessalonians 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 1:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 15:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 8:3-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 3:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 5:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 5:1-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 4:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Praying To God

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1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 14:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Mark 1:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 15:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 4:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 1:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 15:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 8:3-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 3:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 5:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 5:1-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 4:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote