The best Bible verses for prayer (NASB) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for prayer (NASB), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."Philippians 4:6
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."Philippians 4:6
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much."James 5:16
"This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us."1 John 5:14
"'Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'"Jeremiah 33:3
"'Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."Matthew 7:7
"In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for [us] with groanings too deep for words;"Romans 8:26
"'Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be [granted] you."Mark 11:24
"With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,"Ephesians 6:18
"Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,"Luke 18:1
"Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with [an attitude of] thanksgiving;"Colossians 4:2
"and 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, will forgive their sin and will heal their land."2 Chronicles 7:14
Occasions ask something specific of scripture. A verse chosen for prayer (NASB) is usually going to be read aloud, printed in a program, or spoken to someone at a moment they will remember for a long time — which rules out passages that need three sentences of setup before they land.
These 15 are the verses most often chosen for prayer (NASB), and they are chosen for good reason: each one makes sense on first hearing, carries its meaning without commentary, and speaks to the moment rather than around it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for prayer (NASB) are Philippians 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Matthew 6:9. 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 prayer (NASB) 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 prayer (NASB), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.