What Does the Bible Say About Talking With God?

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 7 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Pray without ceasing,

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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 4:16 ESV / 4 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.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Acts 2:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

1 John 4:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

James 5:16 ESV / 3 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.

John 17:1-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. ...

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Psalm 17:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.

Psalm 5:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

1 John 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

James 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Philippians 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 2 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,

Ephesians 3:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

John 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

John 9:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

John 3:16 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.

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 21:1-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, ...

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 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 6:5 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.

Jeremiah 6:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction. The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy, the daughter of Zion. Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her; they shall pitch their tents around her; they shall pasture, each in his place. “Prepare war against her; arise, and let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day declines, for the shadows of evening lengthen! Arise, and let us attack by night and destroy her palaces!” ...

Isaiah 59:2 ESV / 2 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.

Isaiah 55:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Psalm 99:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!

Psalm 51:1-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

36 Bible Verses about Talking With God

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 10:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 17:1-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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Psalm 5:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 9:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 21:1-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 6:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 59:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 99:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 51:1-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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36 Bible Verses about Talking With God

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1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 10:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 17:1-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 17:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 5:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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John 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 9:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 21:1-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 6:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 59:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 99:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 51:1-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes