7 "Ask,*and it will be given to you.*Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door*will be opened to you.

7 "Ask,*and it will be given to you.*Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door*will be opened to you.8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds,*and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 If you then, 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.

22 And if you believe, you will receive*whatever you ask for in prayer."

22 And if you believe, you will receive*whatever you ask for in prayer."

9 "So*I say to you, ask,*and it will be given to you. Seek,*and you will find. Knock,*and the door will be opened to you.10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

1 Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray  * always and not give up.  *2 "There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God*or respect people.3 And a widow*in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

4 "For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect people,5 yet because this widow keeps*pestering me,*I will give her justice, so that she doesn’t wear me out*by her persistent coming.’ "

6 Then the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.7 Will not God grant justice*to his elect*who cry out to him day and night?*Will he delay*helping them?*8 I tell you that he will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes,*will he find faith on earth? "

24 Therefore I tell you, everything you pray*and ask for*— believe that you have received*,*it and it will be yours.

24 Therefore I tell you, everything you pray*and ask for*— believe that you have received*,*it and it will be yours.

24 Therefore I tell you, everything you pray*and ask for*— believe that you have received*,*it and it will be yours.

13 Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified*in the Son.*

13 Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified*in the Son.*14 If you ask me*anything in my name,*I will do it.*,*

13 Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified*in the Son.*14 If you ask me*anything in my name,*I will do it.*,*

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.*

16 You did not choose me, but I chose you.*I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask*the Father in my name,*he will give you.*

24 Until now you have asked for nothing in my name.*Ask and you will receive,*so that your joy may be complete.*

17 pray constantly,

17 pray constantly,

16 Rejoice  * always, 17 pray constantly, 18 give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will  * for you in Christ Jesus.

18 Pray  * at all times in the Spirit  * with every prayer and request, and stay alert  * with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.

18 Pray  * at all times in the Spirit  * with every prayer and request, and stay alert  * with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.

2 Devote yourselves  * to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.

12 Rejoice in hope;  * be patient in affliction;  * be persistent in prayer.  *

9 "Therefore, you should pray like this:*

Our Father in heaven,

your name be honored as holy.*

10 Your kingdom come.

Your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.*

11 Give us today our daily bread.*

12 And forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.*

13 And do not bring us into*  temptation,*

but deliver us from the evil one.*,*

2 He said to them, "Whenever you pray, say,*

Father,*,*

your name*be honored as holy.*

Your kingdom come.*,*

3 Give us each day our daily bread.*,*

4 And forgive us our sins,*

for we ourselves also forgive everyone

in debt to us.*,*

And do not bring us into temptation."*,*

5 "Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.*

6 But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.*,*

6 But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.*,*7 When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.*

7 When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.*

7 When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.*8 Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.*

16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.  *

16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.  *

5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God — who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly — and it will be given to him.  *6 But let him ask in faith without doubting.  * For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord, 8 being double-minded and unstable in all his ways.  *,*

6 But let him ask in faith without doubting.  * For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

6 But let him ask in faith without doubting.  * For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord,

2 You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war.  * You do not have because you do not ask.

8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.  *

3 Call to me and I will answer you  * and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.  *

3 Call to me and I will answer you  * and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.  *

12 You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  *

13 You will seek me  * and find me when you search for me with all your heart.

2 All humanity will come to you,

the one who hears prayer.  *

24 For he has not despised or abhorred

the torment of the oppressed.  *

He did not hide his face from him  *

but listened when he cried to him for help.  *

15 Call on me in a day of trouble;

I will rescue you, and you will honor me."  *

17 I cried out to him with my mouth,

and praise was on my tongue.  *

18 If I had been aware of malice in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.  *

18 If I had been aware of malice in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.  *

19 However, God has listened;

he has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.  *

1 I love the Lord because he has heard

my appeal for mercy.  *

2 Because he has turned his ear to me,

I will call out to him as long as I live.  *

6 I called to the Lord in my distress,

and I cried to my God for help.

From his temple he heard my voice,  *

and my cry to him reached his ears.  *

17 He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute

and will not despise their prayer.  *

44 When he heard their cry,

he took note of their distress,  *

45 remembered his covenant with them,

and relented according to the abundance

of his faithful love.  *

18 The Lord is near all who call out to him,

all who call out to him with integrity.  *

14 This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask  * anything according to his will, he hears us.  *

14 This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask  * anything according to his will, he hears us.  *15 And if we know that he hears whatever we ask,  * we know that we have what we have asked of him.  *

15 And if we know that he hears whatever we ask,  * we know that we have what we have asked of him.  *

22 and receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commands  * and do what is pleasing in his sight.

16 Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

16 Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

16 Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

6 Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

25 Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede  * for them.

6 Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses  * all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.  *

6 Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

19 And my God  * will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

8 Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.  *

8 Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.  *

8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would leave me. 9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power*is perfected in weakness."*

Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

26 In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should,  * but the Spirit himself intercedes for us  *,* with inexpressible groanings. 27 And he who searches our hearts  * knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

26 In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should,  * but the Spirit himself intercedes for us  *,* with inexpressible groanings. 27 And he who searches our hearts  * knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

20 He did not waver in unbelief at God’s promise but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,  *21 because he was fully convinced  * that what God had promised, he was also able to do.  *

20 Now to him who is able  * to do above and beyond all that we ask or think  * according to the power  * that works in us — 

20 Now to him who is able  * to do above and beyond all that we ask or think  * according to the power  * that works in us — 

18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound*in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed*in heaven.*

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

39 Going a little farther,  * he fell facedown and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."*

27 "But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you,28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.*

31 "Simon, Simon,*look out. Satan*has asked to sift you*like wheat.*32 But I have prayed*for you*that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen*your brothers."

14 They all were continually united  * in prayer,  * along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.  *

25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

5 For the waves of death engulfed me;  *

the torrents of destruction terrified me.

6 The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.  *

7 I called to the  Lord in my distress;

I called to my God.  *

From his temple he heard my voice,

and my cry for help reached his ears.

19 Arise, cry out in the night

from the first watch of the night.

Pour out your heart like water

before the Lord’s presence.  *

Lift up your hands to him

for the lives of your children

who are fainting from hunger

at the head of every street.  *

40 Let’s examine and probe our ways,

and turn back to the  Lord.  *

41 Let’s lift up our hearts and our hands  *

to God in heaven:

12 Even now —

this is the  Lord’s declaration —

turn to me with all your heart,  *

with fasting, weeping, and mourning.  *

6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;

call to him while he is near.  *

7 No one calls on your name,

striving to take hold of you.

For you have hidden your face from us  *

and made us melt because of  *,* our iniquity.

24 Even before they call, I will answer;  *

while they are still speaking, I will hear.

24 Even before they call, I will answer;  *

while they are still speaking, I will hear.

19 For people will live on Zion in Jerusalem. You will never weep again; he will show favor to you at the sound of your outcry; as soon as he hears, he will answer you.

11 This is what the  Lord,

the Holy One of Israel  * and its Maker, says:

"Ask me what is to happen to  *  my sons,  *

and instruct me about the work of my hands.  *

7 Be silent before the  Lord and wait expectantly for him;  *

do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way,

by the person who carries out evil plans.  *

17 I complain and groan morning, noon, and night,  *

and he hears my voice.  *

8 Trust in him at all times, you people;

pour out your hearts before him.

God is our refuge.  *Selah

1 God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you.

I thirst for you;

my body faints for you

in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.  *

2 Happy are those who keep his decrees  *

and seek him with all their heart.  *

10 I have sought you with all my heart;  *

don’t let me wander from your commands.  *

3 Know that the Lord has set apart

the faithful for himself;

the Lord will hear when I call to him.

3 In the morning,  *Lord, you hear my voice;

in the morning I plead my case to you  * and watch expectantly.

9 Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law —

even his prayer is detestable.  *

7 The end of all things is near;  * therefore, be alert and sober-minded  * for prayer.