100 Bible Verses About Prayer Life

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.

And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:

For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

Then the Lord said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

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

Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

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

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.

And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.

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

I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.