“Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.”
What Does the Bible Say About Prayer?
The Bible records over 650 prayers. These verses show not just instructions about prayer, but actual prayers — raw, honest conversations between humans and God.
17 verses·5 eras·8 promises
Divided Kingdom (~930 BC)
“even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples."”
— Isaiah 56:7Promise
Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
“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.”
“All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."”
“Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.”
“Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'”
“Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
“"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.”
“If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.”
“saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"”
— Luke 19:46· Jesus
Early Church (~50 AD)
“Pray without ceasing.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:17· Paul
“Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, Rejoice!”
— Philippians 4:4· Paul
“Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:24· Paul
“But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.”
United Kingdom (~1000 BC)
“Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.”
“Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."”
patriarchs
“Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"”
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