Bible Verses About God Answering Prayers

“And this is the confidence that we have before Him: 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 already possess what we have asked of Him.”

“If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”

“And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.”

“Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”

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

“And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.”

“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.”

“If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

“But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.”

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.”

“If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.”

“Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.”

“So then, this is how you should pray: ‘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 the evil one.’

“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”

“And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.”

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

“I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.”

“We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.”

“Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.”

“And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.”

“Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.”

“But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.”

“Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.”

“Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you — in about a year — and Sarah will have a son.”

“You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.”

“Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.”

“The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”

“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.”

“The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.”

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

“So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”

“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.”

“Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.”

“But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.”

“Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.”

“With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.”

“In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.”

“You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.”

“In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.”

“They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

“With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.”

“Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

“Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.”

“You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.”

“Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.”

“Rejoice at all times. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.”

“First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— for kings and all those in authority— so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.”