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Top 25 Bible Verses About How To Pray (ESV)

This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about How To Pray (ESV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Matthew 6:6

#1
151 votes

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

James 5:16

#2
146 votes

16 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

#3
134 votes

17 pray without ceasing,

Romans 8:26

#4
133 votes

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

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Philippians 4:6

#6
127 votes

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

Matthew 6:9-13

#7
118 votes

Pray then like this:

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

Matthew 6:7

#8
115 votes

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

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Ephesians 6:18

#10
102 votes

18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

Mark 11:24

#11
100 votes

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

1 John 5:14

#12
96 votes

14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

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1 Timothy 2:8

#14
93 votes

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

John 15:7

#15
83 votes

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

James 4:3

#16
78 votes

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

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Matthew 6:7-9

#18
75 votes

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this:

  “Our Father in heaven,
  hallowed be your name.

Mark 1:35

#19
72 votes

35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

Psalm 145:18

#20
70 votes

18   The LORD is near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him in truth.

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1 John 1:9

#22
68 votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Hebrews 4:16

#23
66 votes

16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Philippians 4:6-7

#24
63 votes

do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Hebrews 5:7

#26
63 votes

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

Colossians 4:2

#27
63 votes

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

Matthew 26:41

#28
58 votes

41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Luke 11:1

#29
55 votes

11:1 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”

2 Chronicles 7:14

#30
54 votes

14 if 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 and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

1 Chronicles 16:11

#31
53 votes

11   Seek the LORD and his strength;
    seek his presence continually!

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