The best Bible verses for redemption for prayer include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for redemption for prayer, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.)"Ruth 4:7
"(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.)"Ruth 4:7
"Throughout the country that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land."Leviticus 25:24
"“‘If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains the right of redemption a full year after its sale. During that time he may redeem it."Leviticus 25:29
"he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his relatives may redeem him:"Leviticus 25:48
"If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption a larger share of the price paid for him."Leviticus 25:51
"If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to compute that and pay for his redemption accordingly."Leviticus 25:52
"Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”"Numbers 3:48
"So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites."Numbers 3:49
"Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord."Numbers 3:51
"When they are a month old, you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs."Numbers 18:16
"“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."John 3:16
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:11
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."Romans 8:28
A verse used for redemption 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 redemption for prayer are Ruth 4:7, Leviticus 25:24, Leviticus 25:29. 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 redemption 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 redemption for prayer, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.