1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 609 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

James 4:3 ESV / 423 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

John 15:7 ESV / 410 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Isaiah 65:24 ESV / 330 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 223 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

John 15:16 ESV / 223 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 204 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Pray without ceasing,

Psalm 55:22 ESV / 177 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Mark 11:24 ESV / 176 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Psalm 37:4-5 ESV / 164 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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 act.

Matthew 21:21 ESV / 160 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 155 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Micah 7:7 ESV / 135 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 132 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Psalm 50:15 ESV / 114 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

James 5:13-18 ESV / 100 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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. ...

John 14:14 ESV / 100 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 97 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV / 93 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “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.

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 87 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Matthew 6:9-13 ESV / 84 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

John 5:30 ESV / 83 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 75 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 71 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 71 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Genesis 18:14 ESV / 69 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”

1 John 5:14 ESV / 60 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

James 5:16 ESV / 58 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

John 14:13 ESV / 58 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Luke 18:1-8 ESV / 57 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.’” ...

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 57 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Micah 3:4 ESV / 50 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.

Daniel 9:23 ESV / 50 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 50 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

John 14:28 ESV / 48 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

Psalm 65:5 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 43 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

1 John 3:22 ESV / 41 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

Jeremiah 31:9 ESV / 40 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Matthew 18:19 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

1 John 5:15 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

John 14:13-14 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

John 9:31 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Isaiah 59:2 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Jeremiah 29:12 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.

Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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,

Luke 18:1 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “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.

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

John 8:28 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.

John 3:16 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 11:1-13 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.” And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.” And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, ...

1 Kings 3:5-14 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day. And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in. And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” ...

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

John 16:23 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Psalm 16:8-11 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Colossians 1:16-17 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

John 1:14 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Isaiah 43:10 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

John 10:29 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

John 4:34 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ...

James 4:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Isaiah 41:4 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

Colossians 4:2 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Luke 5:16 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.

Isaiah 11:2-5 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

Psalm 145:18 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

John 10:28-30 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”

Psalm 66:19 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

Deuteronomy 10:17 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

Exodus 34:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

1 John 5:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.

Acts 4:29-31 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

Psalm 110:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful A Psalm of David. The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Hebrews 11:17-18 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”

John 1:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Matthew 4:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Daniel 2:18-19 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

Job 39:19-23 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying. He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons. He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword. Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.

Joshua 6:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.

Deuteronomy 4:24 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

James 1:6-7 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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;

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Romans 12:12 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

John 11:1-3 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”

John 10:30 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful I and the Father are one.”

Matthew 28:5-6 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.

Psalm 24:8 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle!

Exodus 3:14 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

James 1:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.