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Bible Verses About How to Pray
Find Bible verses about how to pray — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about how to pray?
The Bible addresses how to pray with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
1 Corinthians 14:15
“What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.”
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James 5:16
“Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.”
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Mark 11:25
“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.”
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1 Thessalonians 5:17
“Pray without ceasing.”
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Psalms 122:6
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.”
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Jeremiah 29:7
“Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.”
Luke 18:1
“He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,”
Luke 10:2
“Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.”
Mark 13:33
“Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.”
Romans 8:26
“In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.”
James 5:13
“Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.”
2 Chronicles 7:14
“if my people, who 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 t...”
Mark 14:38
“Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."”
Matthew 9:38
“Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."”
Matthew 26:41
“Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."”
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Luke 22:40 — “When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you don't enter into temptation."...”
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