Praying for others...

Praying For Others

 

James 5:16 ESV / 696 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.

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 633 helpful votes

 

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

Job 42:10 ESV / 632 helpful votes

 

And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 434 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,

Romans 8:26-27 ESV / 340 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.

John 15:7 ESV / 324 helpful votes

 

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

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 309 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.

John 14:13 ESV / 277 helpful votes

 

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

James 5:13 ESV / 252 helpful votes

 

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

Romans 8:26 ESV / 247 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.

Luke 18:1 ESV / 197 helpful votes

 

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

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 196 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 194 helpful votes

 

Pray without ceasing,

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 190 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.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 159 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.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 134 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.

Matthew 5:43-45 ESV / 133 helpful votes

 

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Romans 12:9 ESV / 127 helpful votes

 

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 127 helpful votes

 

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Romans 12:12 ESV / 124 helpful votes

 

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

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 116 helpful votes

 

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

Mark 11:24 ESV / 109 helpful votes

 

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

Matthew 6:10 ESV / 109 helpful votes

 

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 104 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.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 96 helpful votes

 

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

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 94 helpful votes

 

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

1 Timothy 2:1-3 ESV / 83 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,

Colossians 4:2 ESV / 83 helpful votes

 

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

1 John 5:14 ESV / 82 helpful votes

 

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

1 Samuel 12:20-25 ESV / 82 helpful votes

 

And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty. For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. 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. Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. ...

1 Peter 3:12 ESV / 80 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.”

Colossians 1:9-12 ESV / 76 helpful votes

 

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Galatians 6:2 ESV / 75 helpful votes

 

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 73 helpful votes

 

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

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 70 helpful votes

 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Matthew 6:11 ESV / 70 helpful votes

 

Give us this day our daily bread,

Colossians 1:9 ESV / 67 helpful votes

 

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Acts 1:14 ESV / 67 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 6:6 ESV / 67 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.

Matthew 6:9-13 ESV / 66 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.

Jeremiah 29:12 ESV / 65 helpful votes

 

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

Psalm 145:18 ESV / 64 helpful votes

 

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

Acts 2:38 ESV / 63 helpful votes

 

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

James 4:3 ESV / 62 helpful votes

 

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

1 Timothy 2:1-2 ESV / 59 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.

Philippians 1:9-12 ESV / 58 helpful votes

 

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 56 helpful votes

 

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:25 ESV / 54 helpful votes

 

Brothers, pray for us.

1 John 5:15 ESV / 53 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.

Hebrews 7:25 ESV / 50 helpful votes

 

Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 49 helpful votes

 

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Psalm 4:1 ESV / 49 helpful votes

 

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

James 2:24 ESV / 48 helpful votes

 

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Romans 8:34 ESV / 48 helpful votes

 

Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 48 helpful votes

 

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...

Romans 8:28 ESV / 47 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.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 47 helpful votes

 

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

James 5:14 ESV / 46 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.

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 46 helpful votes

 

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

Jeremiah 29:12-14 ESV / 45 helpful votes

 

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. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

Romans 15:30 ESV / 44 helpful votes

 

I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,

Luke 22:32 ESV / 44 helpful votes

 

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

Psalm 55:17 ESV / 44 helpful votes

 

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

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 43 helpful votes

 

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

1 John 5:16 ESV / 42 helpful votes

 

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.

James 1:6 ESV / 42 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 22:16 ESV / 42 helpful votes

 

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

John 17:15-17 ESV / 42 helpful votes

 

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Luke 11:6-10 ESV / 41 helpful votes

 

For a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 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.

Luke 6:27-28 ESV / 41 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 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 39 helpful votes

 

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

Luke 6:28 ESV / 39 helpful votes

 

Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

Philippians 1:9-11 ESV / 38 helpful votes

 

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

John 15:16 ESV / 38 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.

John 8:24 ESV / 38 helpful votes

 

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

Matthew 3:8 ESV / 38 helpful votes

 

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 37 helpful votes

 

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Matthew 26:41 ESV / 36 helpful votes

 

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

Matthew 18:19 ESV / 35 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.

James 4:2 ESV / 34 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.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 34 helpful votes

 

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Luke 11:1 ESV / 33 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.”

Exodus 32:9-14 ESV / 33 helpful votes

 

And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you.” But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” ...

James 5:14-16 ESV / 32 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.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 32 helpful votes

 

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Hebrews 5:7 ESV / 30 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.

Psalm 66:17 ESV / 30 helpful votes

 

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

1 Peter 4:7 ESV / 29 helpful votes

 

The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 29 helpful votes

 

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 28 helpful votes

 

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. ...

Luke 6:12 ESV / 28 helpful votes

 

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

Genesis 18:23-33 ESV / 28 helpful votes

 

Then Abraham drew near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” And the Lord said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.” Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. ...

Hebrews 11:7 ESV / 27 helpful votes

 

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Luke 18:1-8 ESV / 27 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 66:18 ESV / 27 helpful votes

 

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

Psalm 18:6 ESV / 26 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.

2 Thessalonians 3:1 ESV / 25 helpful votes

 

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,

John 3:16-17 ESV / 24 helpful votes

 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 23 helpful votes

 

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV / 22 helpful votes

 

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.