Here you will find all Bible passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Prayer’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to really find all the verses and occurrences.
The term ‘Prayer’ comes from 88 times in the Bible. In the following you will find all relevant Bible passages divided according to the corresponding book. Here are the Bible verses about ‘Prayer’:
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Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Acts
All these continued in prayer with one accord, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and his brothers.
Acts 1:14
But they persevered in the teaching of the apostles and in fellowship and in the breaking of bread and in prayer.
Acts 2:42
Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of the customary prayer.
Acts 3:1
but let us persevere in prayer and in the service of the Word.
Acts 6:4
Cornelius, your prayer has been answered, and your alms have been remembered before God!
Acts 10:31
After choosing elders for them in each church, they handed them over to the Lord, in whom they had believed, with prayer and fasting.
Acts 14:23
And on the Sabbath day we went out by the gate by the river, where we supposed a place of prayer; and we sat down and talked to the women who had come together.
Acts 16:13
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Acts: 7
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Daniel
(H6-14) Then they answered and said, Daniel, one of the captive Jews, pays no heed to you or to the prohibition that you have signed, but keeps up his prayer three times a day.
Daniel 6:24
And I turned my face to the Lord God, to seek him with prayer and supplication, with fasting in sackcloth and in ashes.
Daniel 9:3
Yea, while I was still saying my prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at first, flew quickly and touched me about the time of the evening sacrifice.
Daniel 9:21
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Daniel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Ephesians
But in all prayer and supplication, always pray in the spirit, and for this purpose be watchful in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
Ephesians 6:18
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Ephesians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Genesis / 1. Mose
But God remembered Rachel, and God heard her prayer and made her fruitful.
Genesis / 1. Mose 30:22
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Genesis / 1. Mose: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Habakkuk
A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk, in the manner of an ode.
Habakkuk 3:1
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Job
for there being no iniquity on my hands and my prayer being louder!
Job 16:17
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in 1. Kings
But turn to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, that you may hear the supplication and the prayer that your servant is making before you today,
1. Kings 8:28
that your eyes may be open day and night over this house, over the place about which you said, My name shall be there. So you want to hear the prayer that your servant is doing in this place,
1. Kings 8:29
So when Solomon had finished all this prayer and supplication before the LORD, he rose from his place before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling, with his hands spread out toward heaven,
1. Kings 8:54
And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and thy supplication that thou hast prayed before me. I have sanctified this house which you have built, that I may put my name there forever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there forever.
1. Kings 9:3
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book 1. Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in 1. Corinthians
Do not withdraw from one another, except by agreement for a time, that you may have leisure for prayer, and come together again, lest Satan tempt you because of your intemperance.
1. Corinthians 7:5
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book 1. Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in 1. Peter
But the end of all things is at hand. So be sensible and sober for prayer.
1. Peter 4:7
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book 1. Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in 1. Timothy
for it is sanctified by God’s word and prayer.
1. Timothy 4:5
But a real and lonely widow has put her hope in God, and perseveres in supplication and prayer day and night;
1. Timothy 5:5
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book 1. Timothy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in 2. Chronicle
Turn, O LORD my God, to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, that you may hear the praise and the request that your servant makes before you.
2. Chronicle 6:19
so that your eyes are wide open day and night over the place where you said you would put your name; that you may hear the prayer that your servant wants to do for this place.
2. Chronicle 6:20
then you will hear their prayer and their supplications in heaven and help them to their justice.
2. Chronicle 6:35
then you will hear their prayer and their supplications in heaven, in your tabernacle, and grant them justice and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
2. Chronicle 6:39
So now, my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer in this place.
2. Chronicle 6:40
When Solomon had finished his prayer, fire fell from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices. And the glory of the LORD filled the house;
2. Chronicle 7:1
the LORD appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him, I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for my sacrifice.
2. Chronicle 7:12
Let my eyes be wide open and my ears attentive to the prayer in this place.
2. Chronicle 7:15
And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their cry was heard, and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place in heaven.
2. Chronicle 30:27
The rest of the story of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, behold, these are written in the stories of the kings of Israel.
2. Chronicle 33:18
His prayer, and how God was asked of him, and all his sin and his iniquity, and the places on which he built high places and set up ashes and idols before he was humiliated, behold, this is described in the Stories of the Seers.
2. Chronicle 33:19
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book 2. Chronicle: 11
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in 2. Kings
Turn back and say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you; on the third day you will go up to the house of the LORD;
2. Kings 20:5
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book 2. Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in 2. Samuel
For thou, LORD of hosts, thou God of Israel, hast revealed unto the ear of thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house. That is why your servant found the courage to pray this prayer to you.
2. Samuel 7:27
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book 2. Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in James
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
James 5:15
So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is of great avail when earnest.
James 5:16
Elijah was a man of our kind, and he prayed a prayer that it should not rain, and it did not rain in the land three years and six months;
James 5:17
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book James: 3
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Jeremiah
They come weeping, and I make them tremble in prayer; I will lead them to rivers of water on a level road, because they shall not stumble; for I am the father of Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah 31:9
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Jeremiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Isaiah
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his LORD king of Assyria has sent to insult the living God, and will punish what the LORD your God has heard. So lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
Isaiah 37:4
Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says Jehovah, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, and seen your tears. Behold, I am adding fifteen years to the days of your life!
Isaiah 38:5
I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them glad in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and sacrifices shall be acceptable on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.
Isaiah 56:7
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Isaiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Jonah
(H2-8) As my soul fainted with me, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you in your holy temple.
Jonah 2:8
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Jonah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Ecclesiastes
Though I cry and cry out, he stops my ears from my prayer.
Ecclesiastes 3:8
you wrapped yourself in a cloud, so that no prayer could get through;
Ecclesiastes 3:44
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Ecclesiastes: 2
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Colossians
Continue in prayer, and watch in it with thanksgiving.
Colossians 4:2
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Colossians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Luke
But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zechariah! For your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
Luke 1:13
and she was a widow of eighty and four years; she did not depart from the temple, but served God with fasting and prayer day and night.
Luke 2:37
But it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Luke 6:12
Prayer and it shall be given to you; a good measure, full, shaken, and overflowing, will be given to you in your lap. For with the very measure with which you measure, it will be measured to you again.
Luke 6:38
It is written: “My house is a house of prayer.” But you have made a den of thieves out of it!
Luke 19:46
And getting up from prayer and coming to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow.
Luke 22:45
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Luke: 6
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Marc
And he said to them, This kind cannot come out by anything except prayer and fasting.
Marc 9:29
And he taught them, saying, Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made a den of thieves out of it!
Marc 11:17
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Marc 11:24
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Marc: 3
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Matthew
But this kind does not go forth except by prayer and fasting.
Matthew 17:21
And he said to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer. But you make it a den of robbers.
Matthew 21:13
And whatever you ask in prayer in faith you will receive.
Matthew 21:22
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Matthew: 3
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Philippians
always, in every prayer, for all of you, praying with joy
Philippians 1:4
Worry about nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Philippians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Psalms
The cantor. With strings. A Psalm of David. (H4-2) Answer my cry, my righteous God! In my distress you made room for me! Have mercy on me and hear my prayer!
Psalms 4:2
(H6-10) The LORD has heard my supplication, the LORD accepts my prayer!
Psalms 6:20
A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, the righteous cause, hear my complaint, hear my prayer that does not come from false lips!
Psalms 17:1
(H39-13) Lord, hear my prayer and hear my cry; don’t be silent about my tears; for I am a guest with you, a pilgrim like all my fathers.
Psalms 39:23
(H42-9) By day the LORD will decree his grace, and by night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 42:9
(H54-4) O God, hear my prayer and listen to the words of my mouth!
Psalms 54:4
The cantor. With strings. A lesson from David. (H55-2) Hear, O God, my prayer and do not hide from my supplication:
Psalms 55:2
The cantor. With strings. From David. (H61-2) Hear, O God, my cry, mark my prayer!
Psalms 61:2
(H65-3) You answer prayer, therefore all flesh comes to you!
Psalms 65:3
Blessed be God, who hath not rejected my prayer, nor turned away his mercy from me!
Psalms 66:20
(H80-5) O LORD, God of hosts, how long will you let your anger smoke in the prayer of your people?
Psalms 80:5
(H84-9) LORD, God of hosts, hear my prayer; O God of Jacob, pay attention! (Break.)
Psalms 84:9
A prayer of David. Bow thy ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am wretched and poor;
Psalms 86:1
Hear, O LORD, my prayer, and heed the voice of my supplication.
Psalms 86:6
(H88-3) Let my prayer come before you, incline your ear to my supplication;
Psalms 88:3
(H88-14) And yet I have cried out to you, O LORD, and in the morning my prayer meets you.
Psalms 88:24
A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you are our refuge from generation to generation!
Psalms 90:1
A prayer of the needy, when he languishes and pours out his complaint before the LORD. (H102-2) O LORD, hear my prayer, and my cry come before you!
Psalms 102:2
(H102-18) when he has turned to the prayer of the homeless and has not despised their prayer.
Psalms 102:28
If he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer become a sin for him!
Psalms 109:7
My prayer rise up before you like incense, my lifting up my hands like the evening sacrifice.
Psalms 141:2
A lesson from David when he was in the cave. A prayer. (H142-2) I cry out to the Lord with my voice, I plead with the Lord with my voice.
Psalms 142:2
A Psalm of David. Lord, hear my prayer, heed my supplications! Answer me in your faithfulness, in your righteousness!
Psalms 143:1
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Psalms: 23
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Romans
Rejoice in hope, persevere in affliction, persevere in prayer.
Romans 12:12
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Romans: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Zechariah
But on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem I will pour out the spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look to me whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for one child, and they will weep bitterly for him as one weeps bitterly for a firstborn.
Zechariah 12:10
Scriptures related to Prayer in the biblical book Zechariah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prayer’ in Proverbs
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD; but the prayer of the sincere is agreeable to him.
Proverbs 15:8
Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 15:29
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Proverbs 28:9
Number of the word / term ‘Prayer’ in Proverbs: 3
These Bible verses are from a 1951 translation of the Royalty Free Schlachter Translation.
Number of Bible verses found on the topic: 88
