Concordance

“Prayer” in the Bible

315 verses contain “prayer” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 20:7 Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who…
Genesis 20:17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
Genesis 24:12 “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:15 Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother…
Genesis 24:42 So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
Genesis 24:45 And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to…
Genesis 25:21 Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Exodus 8:8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the…
Exodus 8:9 …d to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken…
Exodus 8:28 Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
Exodus 8:29 “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But…
Exodus 8:30 Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,
Exodus 9:28 Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
Numbers 11:2 And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
Numbers 14:17 So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:
Numbers 14:19 Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
Deuteronomy 9:20 The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.
Deuteronomy 9:26 And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a…
Judges 13:8 Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
1 Samuel 1:10 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
1 Samuel 1:12 As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
1 Samuel 1:13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
1 Samuel 1:16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
1 Samuel 1:26 “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
1 Samuel 1:27 I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
1 Samuel 2:1 At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
1 Samuel 7:5 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
1 Samuel 8:6 But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
1 Samuel 12:19 They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
1 Samuel 12:23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
2 Samuel 7:27 … Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to…
2 Samuel 21:14 … done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the…
2 Samuel 24:25 …t offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was…
1 Kings 8:28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
1 Kings 8:29 …ou said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this…
1 Kings 8:30 Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
1 Kings 8:33 … against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this…
1 Kings 8:35 … rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted…
1 Kings 8:38 then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
1 Kings 8:42 for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
1 Kings 8:44 …gainst their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your…
1 Kings 8:45 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
1 Kings 8:48 …he land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the…
1 Kings 8:49 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
1 Kings 8:54 Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands…
1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and…
1 Kings 13:6 …ed to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was…
1 Kings 19:4 …ney into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my…
2 Kings 4:33 So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
2 Kings 6:17 Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and…
2 Kings 6:18 As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of…
2 Kings 19:4 …words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still…
2 Kings 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens…
2 Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
2 Kings 20:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
2 Kings 20:5 …ORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house…
1 Chronicles 5:20 …nds. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their…
1 Chronicles 17:25 For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
2 Chronicles 6:19 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
2 Chronicles 6:20 … You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this…
2 Chronicles 6:21 Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
2 Chronicles 6:24 … against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this…
2 Chronicles 6:26 … rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted…
2 Chronicles 6:29 then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
2 Chronicles 6:32 …and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this…
2 Chronicles 6:34 …gainst their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your…
2 Chronicles 6:35 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
2 Chronicles 6:38 …he land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I…
2 Chronicles 6:39 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
2 Chronicles 6:40 Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
2 Chronicles 7:1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
2 Chronicles 7:12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 7:14 …f My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and…
2 Chronicles 7:15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
2 Chronicles 32:20 In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
2 Chronicles 32:24 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
2 Chronicles 33:13 And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is…
2 Chronicles 33:18 As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with 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, they…
2 Chronicles 33:19 His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before…
Ezra 6:10 Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
Ezra 10:1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered…
Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Nehemiah 1:6 let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the…
Nehemiah 1:8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
Nehemiah 1:11 O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant…
Nehemiah 2:4 “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
Nehemiah 4:9 So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
Nehemiah 11:17 …son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of…
Job 16:17 yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
Job 17:3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Job 22:27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
Job 33:26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
Job 42:8 …e a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not…
Job 42:10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
Psalms 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Psalms 5:2 Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
Psalms 6:9 The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
Psalms 17:1 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
Psalms 32:6 Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
Psalms 35:13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Psalms 39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
Psalms 42:8 The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
Psalms 55:1 Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
Psalms 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
Psalms 65:2 O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
Psalms 66:19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
Psalms 66:20 Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
Psalms 69:13 But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
Psalms 72:15 Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
Psalms 72:20 Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
Psalms 80:4 O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
Psalms 80:14 Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
Psalms 84:8 O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
Psalms 86:6 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
Psalms 88:2 May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
Psalms 88:13 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
Psalms 102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
Psalms 102:17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
Psalms 109:4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Psalms 109:7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
Psalms 118:25 O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
Psalms 119:76 May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
Psalms 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
Psalms 141:2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Psalms 141:5 …votion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the…
Psalms 143:1 O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 28:9 Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Isaiah 16:12 When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
Isaiah 19:22 And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.
Isaiah 26:16 O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
Isaiah 37:4 …words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still…
Isaiah 37:15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
Isaiah 37:21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Isaiah 38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
Isaiah 38:5 …ORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your…
Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
Isaiah 45:20 Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
Isaiah 56:7 …hem to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a…
Isaiah 64:9 Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
Jeremiah 7:16 As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
Jeremiah 11:14 As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of…
Jeremiah 14:11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
Jeremiah 29:7 Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

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