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Bible Verses About Prayer
These KJV Bible verses speak to prayer. Find Scripture that meets you where you are.
What does the Bible say about prayer?
The Bible addresses prayer 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
Daniel 9:3
“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:”
— King James Version
1 Samuel 1:27
“For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:”
— King James Version
1 Kings 2:20
“Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.”
— King James Version
1 Kings 8:28
“Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:”
— King James Version
1 Kings 8:38
“What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:”
— King James Version
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1 Kings 8:45
“Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.”
1 Kings 8:49
“Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,”
1 Kings 8:54
“And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread...”
1 Kings 9:3
“And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes...”
2 Chronicles 6:19
“Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:”
2 Chronicles 6:29
“Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this h...”
2 Chronicles 6:35
“Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.”
2 Chronicles 6:39
“Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.”
Psalms 6:9
“The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.”
Psalms 55:1
“To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.”
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Psalms 142:1 — “Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voi...”
Psalms 143:1 — “A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer m...”
Daniel 9:17 — “Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face ...”
Matthew 7:7 — “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:...”
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