The best Bible verses for breakthrough for prayer include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for breakthrough for prayer, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory."Matthew 12:20
"A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory."Matthew 12:20
"to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword."Psalms 144:10
"Arise, O Lord! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked."Psalms 3:7
"Come against her from afar. Break open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain. Completely destroy her and leave her no remnant."Jeremiah 50:26
"great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to all the ways of men; you reward everyone according to his conduct and as his deeds deserve."Jeremiah 32:19
"As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him."Luke 10:38
"in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you."Romans 1:10
"“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,"Isaiah 58:13
"But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a man, and whoever offers a lamb, like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense, like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in their abominations;"Isaiah 66:3
"and he said before all the people, “This is what the Lord says: ‘In the same way will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.’” At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way."Jeremiah 28:11
"And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”"Revelation 5:2
"The Lord replied, “Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way through to come up to the Lord, or he will break out against them.”"Exodus 19:24
"Then one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing before me, “I am overcome with anguish because of the vision, my lord, and I am helpless."Daniel 10:16
A verse used for breakthrough for prayer works differently from one you read once. It gets returned to, repeated, and sat with — so it needs enough depth to reward a second and tenth reading, and enough clarity that you are not decoding it every time.
The 15 passages here hold up to repetition. Each is short enough to carry from memory and substantial enough that it does not wear out.
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The most-cited Bible verses for breakthrough for prayer are Matthew 12:20, Psalms 144:10, Psalms 3:7. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to breakthrough for prayer across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for breakthrough for prayer, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.