For at that time
I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD
and serve him with one accord.
Zephaniah 3:9
And I will pour out on the house of David
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy.
Zechariah 12:10
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.
Romans 8:26-27
Because you are sons,
God has sent the Spirit of his Son
into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
Galatians 4:6
A Prayer for Help:
“Give us life, and we will call upon your name!”
Psalms 80:18
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
2 Samuel 22:4
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.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before
God when you heard his words against this place and its
inhabitants and you have humbled yourself before me and have
torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you,
declares the LORD.
2 Chronicles 34:27
Then man prays to God, and he accepts him; he sees his face
with a shout of joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.
Job 33:26
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.
Psalms 2:8
But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself;
the LORD hears when I call to him.
Psalms 4:3
I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me
from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
Psalms 34:4-5
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.
Psalms 37:4-5
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
But truly God has listened;
he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!
Psalms 66:18-20
For he delivers the needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
Psalms 72:12
In the day of my trouble, I call upon you, for you answer me.
Psalms 86:7
When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.
Psalms 91:15-16
Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel also was among those who called upon his name.
They called to the LORD, and he answered them.
Psalms 99:6
He regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.
Psalms 102:17
Out of my distress I called on the LORD;
the LORD answered me and set me free.
Psalms 118:5
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.
Psalms 145:18-19
You shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you
at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.
Isaiah 30:19
Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing
shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you;
the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call,
and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
Isaiah 58:8-9
From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has
seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.
Isaiah 64:4
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me,
and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me,
when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:12-13
From the first day that you set your heart to understand
and humbled yourself before your God,
your words have been heard,
and I have come because of your words.
Daniel 10:12
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.
Daniel 9:23
O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look
after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.
Hosea 14:8
Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:8
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds,
and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Matthew 7:8
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven
give good things to those who ask him!
Matthew 7:11
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer,
believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24
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!
Luke 11:13
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 14:13-14
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you,
ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John 15:7
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.
John 15:16
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.
John 16:23-24
Through him, we have also obtained access by faith
into this grace in which we stand,
and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:2
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Ephesians 2:18
This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in
Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness
and access with confidence through our faith in him.
Ephesians 3:11-12
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.
Ephesians 3:20
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.
Philippians 4:6-7
For we do not have a high priest
who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,
but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,
yet without sin. 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.
Hebrews 4:15-16
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence
to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus…
Hebrews 10:19
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience
and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:22
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 5:16
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.
1 John 5:14-15