What Does the Bible Say About Prayer?

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven..."

"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."

"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans."

"The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth."

"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us."

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."