100 Bible Verses about Not Praying

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Pray without ceasing,

James 5:16 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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,

James 4:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Romans 8:26 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

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

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

Mark 11:24 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“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 6:6 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

1 John 1:9 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

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

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.

John 15:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

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

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

Matthew 6:9-13 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

1 John 5:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

Matthew 26:41 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Psalm 145:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Matthew 6:5-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Mark 1:35 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

Matthew 26:39 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Psalm 4:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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,

James 1:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

Hebrews 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Timothy 2:1-2 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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

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

Colossians 1:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Romans 12:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

John 14:13-14 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Mark 11:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.”

Mark 9:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Jeremiah 29:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.

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

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.

Isaiah 1:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Psalm 66:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Romans 8:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Acts 16:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Acts 2:38 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 15:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Mark 13:32 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Matthew 14:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Revelation 19:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 John 5:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.

1 John 5:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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 3:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

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

That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

James 5:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

James 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

Hebrews 13:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

Hebrews 4:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Corinthians 14:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

Acts 14:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

Acts 9:40 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.

Acts 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

John 16:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Luke 18:10-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:1-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” ...

Luke 11:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Luke 11:2-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”

Luke 2:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

Matthew 23:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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!

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“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.

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Matthew 6:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“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.

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

“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 6:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Zechariah 13:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Daniel 6:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.

Isaiah 29:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

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

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Proverbs 15:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

Psalm 122:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!

Psalm 69:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.