Sinners Prayer Pt. 2

Prayer

 

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 1,816 helpful votes

 

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

Mark 11:24 ESV / 1,588 helpful votes

 

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

John 15:7 ESV / 1,420 helpful votes

 

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

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 1,154 helpful votes

 

Pray without ceasing,

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 1,141 helpful 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.

Romans 8:26 ESV / 1,098 helpful votes

 

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.

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 998 helpful 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.

James 5:16 ESV / 865 helpful votes

 

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.

Luke 11:9 ESV / 803 helpful votes

 

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 745 helpful votes

 

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Matthew 26:41 ESV / 680 helpful votes

 

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

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 648 helpful votes

 

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,

1 Timothy 2:1-4 ESV / 583 helpful votes

 

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Matthew 6:9-13 ESV / 511 helpful votes

 

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 6:5-8 ESV / 488 helpful votes

 

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 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. “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.

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 465 helpful votes

 

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Psalm 34:17 ESV / 457 helpful votes

 

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Colossians 4:2 ESV / 455 helpful votes

 

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

Luke 18:1 ESV / 424 helpful votes

 

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

Jeremiah 29:12 ESV / 411 helpful votes

 

Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 400 helpful votes

 

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.

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 387 helpful votes

 

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 360 helpful votes

 

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

Luke 6:27-28 ESV / 339 helpful votes

 

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 333 helpful votes

 

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.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 307 helpful 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.

Matthew 18:19-20 ESV / 299 helpful votes

 

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

Mark 1:35 ESV / 262 helpful votes

 

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.

1 John 5:14 ESV / 261 helpful votes

 

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

James 5:13-18 ESV / 246 helpful votes

 

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 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. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. ...

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 244 helpful votes

 

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.

1 John 3:22 ESV / 238 helpful votes

 

And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

James 4:3 ESV / 232 helpful votes

 

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

Romans 12:12 ESV / 218 helpful votes

 

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 216 helpful votes

 

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 192 helpful votes

 

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 185 helpful votes

 

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Luke 18:1-8 ESV / 183 helpful votes

 

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” ...

Psalm 145:18 ESV / 181 helpful votes

 

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

Luke 11:9-13 ESV / 176 helpful votes

 

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Isaiah 59:2 ESV / 174 helpful votes

 

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

John 14:13 ESV / 173 helpful votes

 

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Acts 1:14 ESV / 163 helpful votes

 

All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Matthew 9:35-38 ESV / 161 helpful votes

 

And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

John 9:31 ESV / 160 helpful votes

 

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 159 helpful votes

 

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...

Psalm 141:2 ESV / 158 helpful votes

 

Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!

1 John 1:9 ESV / 156 helpful votes

 

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

John 16:23-24 ESV / 153 helpful votes

 

In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 149 helpful votes

 

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Psalm 145:18-19 ESV / 142 helpful votes

 

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.

James 4:2 ESV / 129 helpful votes

 

You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

James 1:5 ESV / 126 helpful votes

 

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

1 Timothy 2:1-2 ESV / 125 helpful votes

 

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Luke 21:36 ESV / 125 helpful votes

 

But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 125 helpful votes

 

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

John 14:13-14 ESV / 124 helpful votes

 

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 123 helpful votes

 

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 118 helpful votes

 

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

1 John 5:15 ESV / 116 helpful votes

 

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.

James 1:6-7 ESV / 115 helpful votes

 

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;

Luke 11:1 ESV / 115 helpful votes

 

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.”

James 1:6 ESV / 114 helpful votes

 

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.

Acts 2:42 ESV / 112 helpful votes

 

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 112 helpful votes

 

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Luke 6:12 ESV / 111 helpful votes

 

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

Psalm 55:17 ESV / 108 helpful votes

 

Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.

Colossians 1:3 ESV / 99 helpful votes

 

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Psalm 66:17 ESV / 99 helpful votes

 

I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.

Psalm 18:6 ESV / 99 helpful votes

 

In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

Mark 11:25 ESV / 95 helpful votes

 

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Hebrews 5:7 ESV / 90 helpful 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.

John 15:16 ESV / 90 helpful votes

 

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

James 5:14 ESV / 89 helpful votes

 

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Romans 8:26-27 ESV / 89 helpful votes

 

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. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 88 helpful votes

 

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Matthew 18:20 ESV / 87 helpful votes

 

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

Psalm 5:3 ESV / 87 helpful votes

 

O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

Psalm 122:6 ESV / 86 helpful votes

 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!

Luke 1:37 ESV / 85 helpful votes

 

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

1 Samuel 12:23 ESV / 84 helpful votes

 

Moreover, as for me, far 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.

Jude 1:20 ESV / 83 helpful votes

 

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

James 5:13 ESV / 83 helpful votes

 

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

James 5:16-18 ESV / 81 helpful votes

 

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. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.

1 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 78 helpful votes

 

I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

Matthew 21:21-22 ESV / 77 helpful votes

 

And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Zechariah 13:9 ESV / 76 helpful votes

 

And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

John 14:14 ESV / 75 helpful votes

 

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

Luke 22:31-32 ESV / 74 helpful votes

 

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

James 5:14-16 ESV / 73 helpful votes

 

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 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 5:13-14 ESV / 72 helpful votes

 

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 72 helpful votes

 

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Luke 18:10-14 ESV / 72 helpful votes

 

“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Psalm 55:22 ESV / 72 helpful votes

 

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 72 helpful votes

 

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Matthew 6:9-14 ESV / 71 helpful votes

 

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. ...

1 Peter 3:12 ESV / 70 helpful votes

 

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 67 helpful votes

 

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Psalm 121:1-8 ESV / 66 helpful votes

 

A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. ...

Acts 12:5 ESV / 65 helpful votes

 

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.