What Does the Bible Say About Reason For Prayer?

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 4 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.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 4 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,

Acts 14:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 3 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.

James 1:5 ESV / 3 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.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Mark 11:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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.

1 Peter 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 6:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, ...

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

John 15:7 ESV / 2 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 14:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

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 2:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

Mark 11:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Matthew 6:16-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Matthew 6:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 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 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. ...

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. ...

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

28 Bible Verses about Reason For Prayer

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 14:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 11:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 3:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 2:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:16-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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28 Bible Verses about Reason For Prayer

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Philippians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 14:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 11:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 3:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 2:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:16-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes