Bible Verses about How to Pray
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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff
on 05/26/2026
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So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding.
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
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Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
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and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
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This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
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And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
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Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven
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and said: “LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
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You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.
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“Now LORD, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’
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And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David my father come true.
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“But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
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Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day.
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May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.
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Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.
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“When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple,
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then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.
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“When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,
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then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.
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“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,
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then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.
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“When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,
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and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands toward this temple—
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then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know every human heart),
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so that they will fear you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.
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“As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name—
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for they will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple,
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then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.
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“When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to the LORD toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name,
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then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.
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“When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to their own lands, far away or near;
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and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;
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and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name;
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then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.
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And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;
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for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.
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“May your eyes be open to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.
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For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign LORD, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
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Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
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The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
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In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.
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And she made a vow, saying, “LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”
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As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth.
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Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk
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and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.”
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“Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the LORD.
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Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”
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Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.”
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She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.
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Rejoice always,
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pray continually,
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give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
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I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—
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for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
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This is good, and pleases God our Savior,
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who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
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Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.
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if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
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Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
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And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign LORD, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree, Sovereign LORD, is for a mere human!
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“What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD.
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For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.
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“How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
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And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?
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You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.
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“And now, LORD God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised,
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so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The LORD Almighty is God over Israel!’ And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight.
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“LORD Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.’ So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
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Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
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Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign LORD, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.”
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As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.
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And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith.
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They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
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They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
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When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.
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You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “ ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one. ’
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Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
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They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.
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Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.
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Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
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After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
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and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”
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So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
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While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
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So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
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About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
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For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,
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so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
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being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,
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and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
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For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
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in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
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And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
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Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.
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Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
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So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.
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I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: “Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
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we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.
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We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.
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“Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you.
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We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, LORD, because we have sinned against you.
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The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him;
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we have not obeyed the LORD our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.
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All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you. “Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you.
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You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
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Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.
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The LORD did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.
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“Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong.
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Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us.
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“Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary.
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Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.
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Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”
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For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
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I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
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I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
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I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
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and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength
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he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
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far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
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And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
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which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
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For this reason I kneel before the Father,
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from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
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I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
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so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
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may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
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and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
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to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
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And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
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But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. “LORD,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
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Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people.
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Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’ ”
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Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
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The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
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Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
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What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?
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Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
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The LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
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Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
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what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?” “If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
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Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?” He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”
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Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?” He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
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Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?” He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”
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Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
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When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
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Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
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by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,
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and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
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Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
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Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
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If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
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But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
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That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
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Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
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You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
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When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
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Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
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Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.
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And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.
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Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
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‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
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And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
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If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
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In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
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Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
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After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.
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For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
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Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
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I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
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And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
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“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.
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Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.
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For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
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I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
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All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them.
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I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power ofyour name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.
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While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe bythat name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
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“I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.
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I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
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My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
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They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.
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Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
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As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
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For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
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“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,
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that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
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I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—
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I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
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“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
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“Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me.
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I have made youknown to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
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But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
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One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
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He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
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Give us each day our daily bread.
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Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation. ’ ”
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Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;
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a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’
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And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’
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I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacityhe will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
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“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
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For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
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“Which of you fathers, if your son asks fora fish, will give him a snake instead?
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Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
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If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
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Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
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He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
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And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
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“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,
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yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ”
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And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.
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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
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I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
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To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
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“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
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I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
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“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
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“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
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On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”
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He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
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“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
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An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
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And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
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When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
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“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”
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Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
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Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
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And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
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But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
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Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
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“This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
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your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us today our daily bread.
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And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
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And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’