What Does the Bible Say About Prayer?

"Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.""

— Matthew 6:9-13 (ESV)

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."

— Philippians 4:6 (ESV)

"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."

— James 5:16 (ESV)

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."

— Mark 11:24 (ESV)

"And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him."

— 1 John 5:14-15 (ESV)

"But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord."

— James 1:6-7 (ESV)

"Pray without ceasing."

— 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (ESV)

"And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart."

— Luke 18:1 (ESV)

"Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving."

— Colossians 4:2 (ESV)