48 Good Bible Verses For the Power of Prayer

It doesn't always feel easy approaching God. Because of humanity's self-centeredness, it's hard to confess your sins to your Father in heaven. But if you can guard your hearts and your minds from the wickedness of the world, you will find a peace that surpasses all understanding.

God hears us in whatever situation we are in at the moment. Don't lose heart; the Lord will raise you from your circumstances. Learn to pray and not lose faith in God's plans for you. Put your minds in Christ Jesus.

Here are our 48 Bible verses about prayer for you. Let these powerful prayer verses resonate in your Bible study, your reading plans, and your small groups. A person has great power when they learn to access God in their prayer life.

1. 1 John 5:14 KJV

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

2. 1 John 5:15 KJV

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

3. 1 John 5:16 KJV

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

4. 1 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

5. 2 Chronicles 6:21 KJV

Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

6. 2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

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

7. Ephesians 1:18 KJV

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

8. Ephesians 6:18 KJV

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

9. Jeremiah 29:12 KJV

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

10. Job 22:27 KJV

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

11. John 17:15 KJV

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

12. John 14:13-14 KJV

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

13. James 5:13 KJV

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14. Mark 11:24 KJV

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

15. Matthew 5:44 KJV

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

16. Matthew 6:7 KJV

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

17. Matthew 7:7 KJV

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

18. Matthew 21:22 KJV

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

19. Matthew 26:41 KJV

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

20. Mark 9:29 KJV

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

21. Proverbs 15:8 KJV

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

22. Psalms 17:6 KJV

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

23. Psalms 102:17 KJV

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

24. Psalms 141:2 KJV

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

25. Romans 12:2 KJV

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

26. Romans 12:12 KJV

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

27. Psalms 4:1 KJV

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

28. Psalms 145:18 KJV

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

29. Luke 11:2-4 KJV

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

30. Proverbs 15:29 KJV

The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

31. Matthew 6:9-13 KJV

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

32. Matthew 7:11 KJV

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

33. Luke 6:12 KJV

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

34. Luke 18:1 KJV

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

35. Romans 8:26 KJV

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

36. Philippians 4:6 KJV

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

37. Colossians 4:2 KJV

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

38. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV

Pray without ceasing.

39. 1 Timothy 2:8 KJV

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

40. Hebrews 4:14 KJV

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

41. James 1:7 KJV

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

42. James 4:3 KJV

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

43. James 5:14-16 KJV

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

44. Acts 9:40 KJV

But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

45. Ephesians 6:18 KJV

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

46. Philippians 4:6-7 KJV

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

47. 1 John 1:9 KJV

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

48. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 KJV

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.