Spiritual Disciplines Index: Prayer

Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

PRAYER: Interactive conversation with God about what we and God are thinking and doing together. 

Gen 18:23 – 33 Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord. 

*Gen 20:7 He will pray for you and you shall live. 

Gen 25:21 Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer. 

Exod 33:18 Show me your glory, I pray. 

*1 Sam 1:9 – 20 Hannah … was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly. 

1 Sam 7:8 Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, and pray that he may save us.

*1 Sam 12:23 Ear be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way. 

*1 Kings 8:28 – 53 Regard your servant’s prayer and his plea, O Lord my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you today. 

1 Kings 9:3 I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you made before me. 

2 Kings 6:17 Then Elisha prayed: ​“O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” 

*2 Kings 19:15 – 19 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord.

*1 Chron 17:16 – 27 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord.

*1 Chron 21:17 Let your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but do not let your people be plagued! 

2 Chron 6:19 Regard your servant’s prayer and his plea, O Lord my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you. 

2 Chron 7:14 If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven. 

*2 Chron 30:18 – 19 Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, ​“The good Lord pardon all.” 

2 Chron 33:13 He prayed to him, and God received his entreaty, heard his plea, and restored him again to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. 

Ezra 10:1 Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God. 

*Neh 1:4 – 11 When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. 

*Neh 2:4 – 5 So I prayed to the God of heaven. 

Neh 4:9 So we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night. 

Neh 11:17 Mattaniah … who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer. 

*Job 42:10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends. 

Ps 17:1 Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit. 

Ps 32:6 Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you. 

Ps 39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry.

Ps 42:8 By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. 

Ps 65:2 O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come. 

Ps 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord. 

Ps 72:15 May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all day long. 

Ps 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer. 

Ps 109:4 In return for my love they accuse me, even while I make prayer for them. 

*Ps 123:3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord. 

*Ps 141:2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. 

Ps 143:1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness; answer me in your righteousness. 

Prov 15:29 The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. 

*Prov 28:9 When one will not listen to the law, even one’s prayers are an abomination. 

*Isa 26:16 O Lord, in distress they sought you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them. 

*Isa 36:15 Do not let Hezekiah make you rely on the Lord by saying, The Lord will surely deliver us. 

Isa 37:21 – 22 Because you have prayed to me … this is the word that the Lord has spoken. 

*Isa 38:3 – 7 Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart. 

*Isa 56:7 My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. 

*Jer 12:1 You will be in the right, O Lord, when I lay charges against you; but let me put my case to you.

*Jer 29:7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf. 

*Jer 29:11 – 13 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. 

*Lam 3:44 You have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. 

*Dan 6:10 Daniel… continued to … get down on his knees three times a day to pray to his God and praise him, just as he had done previously. 

*Dan 9:3 – 21 I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession. 

*Jon 2:1 – 9 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish. 

*Jon 4:2 – 3 He prayed to the Lord and said, ​“O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country?” 

*Add to Esther 14:1 – 3 She prayed to the Lord God of Israel, and said: ​“O my Lord, you only are our king; help me, who am alone and have no helper but you.” 

1 Esd 8:91 Ezra was praying and making 

his confession, weeping and lying on the ground before the temple. 

2 Esd 7:110 – 12 So if now, when corruption 

has increased and unrighteousness has multiplied, the righteous have prayed for the ungodly, why will it not be so then as well? 

*2 Esd 9:43 – 45 Every hour and every day during those thirty years I prayed to the Most High, night and day. 

*1 Macc 12:11 We therefore remember you constantly … in our prayers, as it is right and proper to remember brothers. 

*2 Macc 1:2 – 6 May God do good to you. 

*2 Macc 13:10 – 12 He ordered the people to call upon the Lord day and night. 

*3 Macc 5:7 – 9 With tears and a voice hard to silence they all called upon the Almighty God and Ruler of all power. 

* Wisd of Sol 7:7 Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me. 

*Wisd of Sol 16:28 One must rise before the sun to give you thanks, and must pray to you at the dawning of the light. 

*Sir7:10 Do not grow weary when you pray. 

*Sir 21:5 The prayer of the poor goes from their lips to the ears of God, and his judgment comes speedily. 

Sir 34:31 So if one fasts for his sins, and goes again and does the same things, who will listen to his prayer? 

Sir 35:20 – 22 The one whose service is pleasing to the Lord will be accepted, and his prayer will reach to the clouds. 

*Sir 38:9 – 14 My child, when you are ill, do not delay, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you. 

*Sir 39:5 – 6 He sets his heart to rise early to seek the Lord who made him, and to petition the Most High. 

Sir 51:13 While I was still young, before I went on my travels, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer. 

Bar 2:14 Hear, O Lord, our prayer and our supplication, and for your own sake deliver us. 

Toh 3:1 Then with much grief and anguish of heart I wept, and with groaning began to pray. 

*Tob 3:11 – 16 At that same time, with hands outstretched toward the window, she prayed. 

*Tob 7:16 Take courage, my daughter; the Lord of heaven grant you joy in place of your sorrow.

Matt 5:44 Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. 

Matt 6:5 – 9 Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray … so that they may be seen by others. 

Matt 14:23 After he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. 

Matt 21:13 It is written, ​“My house shall be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a den of robbers.

Matt 21:22 Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive. 

Matt 26:36 – 44 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, ​“Sit here while I go over there and pray” 

Mark 1:35 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. 

Mark 6:46 After saying farewell to them, he went up on the mountain to pray. 

Mark 9:29 This kind can come out only through prayer. 

Mark 11:17 Is it not written, ​“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations”? But you have made it a den of robbers. 

Mark 11:24 Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 11:25 Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 

Mark 14:32 – 39 They went to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, ​“Sit here while I pray.” 

Luke 2:37 She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day. 

Luke 3:21 When Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened. 

Luke 5:16 He would withdraw to deserted places and pray. 

Luke 6:12 Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. 

*Luke 6:28 Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 

Luke 9:28 – 29 Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 

Luke 11:1 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ​“Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 

Luke 11:2 – 13 When you pray, say: ​“Father, hallowed be your name.”

Luke 18:1 – 8 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 

Luke 18:10 – 14 Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 

*Luke 22:32 I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. 

Luke 22:40 – 46 In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground. 

*John 11:41 – 42 And Jesus looked upward and said, ​“Father, I thank you for having heard me.” 

Acts 1:14 All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer. 

Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 

Acts 6:4 We, for our part, will devote ourselves to prayer and to serving the word. 

Acts 6:6 They had these men stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. 

Acts 8:15 The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 

Acts 9:11 Get up and go … look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. At this moment he is praying. 

*Acts 10:2 He was a devout man who feared God with all his household; he gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God. 

Acts 10:4 Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. 

Acts 11:5 I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision.

Acts 12:5 While Peter was kept in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him. 

Acts 13:3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. 

Acts 14:23 With prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe. 

Acts 16:13 There was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. 

Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God. 

Acts 22:17 While I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance. 

*Acts 28:8 Paul visited him and cured him by praying and putting his hands on him. 

*Rom 8:26 We do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 

Rom 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. 

*1 Cor 1:4 I give thanks to my God always for you. 

*1 Cor 7:5 Do not deprive one another except perhaps by agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer. 

1 Cor 14:13 – 15 Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. 

2 Cor 1:11 Many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many. 

*Eph 1:16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. 

*Eph 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. 

Phil 1:3 – 4 I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you. 

Phil 4:6 In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Col 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

*Col 4:12 He is always wrestling in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in everything that God wills. 

1 Thess 5:17 Pray without ceasing. 

1 Tim 2:8 I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument. 

1 Tim 4:5 It is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer. 

1 Tim 5:5 The real widow, left alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. 

Heb 5:7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears. 

James 5:13 – 16 Are any among you suffering? They should pray. 

James 5:17 – 18 Elijah … prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 

*1 Pet 3:7 Husbands, in the same way, show consideration for your wives … so that nothing may hinder your prayers. 

1 Pet 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. 

1 Pet 4:7 Be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. 

Jude 20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit.

Rev 5:8 Each [held] a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 

Rev 8:3 – 4 He was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.