119 Bible Verses for Praying for Others

Think about how powerful it is to lift someone up in prayer. It's more meaningful than anything you could ever say on your own. When you pray for others, you start to understand their struggles, feel their pain, and your heart softens. You might even find yourself shedding tears for them in God's presence. And afterwards, there's this incredible sense of peace that washes over you.

Praying for others is also a form of praying for yourself. It pleases God when we focus on the well-being of others rather than just our own needs. Ephesians 6:18¹ tells us to "pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests." Make prayer a regular part of your life, constantly lifting up those around you.

If we aren't praying for others, we're missing out on a huge opportunity to do good, just like the Bible teaches. If you truly care about someone, the best thing you can do is bring them before God.

Choose today to become someone who intercedes for others. Believe that your prayers can truly move mountains. Through prayer, you can impact lives, heal relationships, bring families back together, find forgiveness, and even reach those who are lost, simply by asking for Jesus' mercy.

James 5:16² reminds us, "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." So let's lift each other up and experience the power of prayer together.

Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand:\par\tab Forget not the poor.

And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.}\par

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.\par

For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.\par

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.}\par

Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Rejoice always;pray without ceasing;in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.\par

Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

For this cause we also, since the day we heard {\i it}, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Brethren, pray for us.\par

I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy,for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

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

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:\par\tab They shall prosper that love thee.

Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan;\par\tab And he will hear my voice.

If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and {\i God} will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

{\i The righteous} cried, and Jehovah heard,\par\tab And delivered them out of all their troubles.

Jehovah is far from the wicked;\par\tab But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute,\par\tab And hath not despised their prayer.

Again, verily I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.}\par

Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

ye also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.\par

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee;\par\tab The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.}

{\b A Prayer of David.}\par\par\tab Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry;\par\tab Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;\par\tab Let thine eyes look upon equity.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.}\par

God is unto us a God of deliverances;\par\tab And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.

cease not to give thanks for you, making mention {\i of you} in my prayers;that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer;\par\tab And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee;\par\tab For thou wilt answer me.

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day

Create in me a clean heart, O God;\par\tab And renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from thy presence;\par\tab And take not thy holy Spirit from me.Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;\par\tab And uphold me with a willing spirit.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried:\par\tab I hoped in thy words.Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches,\par\tab That I might meditate on thy word.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

With my whole heart have I sought thee:\par\tab Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or {\i one} member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

I cried to thee, O Jehovah;\par\tab And unto Jehovah I made supplication:

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.\par

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting {\i one another}; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.\par

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant;\par\tab For I do not forget thy commandments.

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?\par

{\b A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications:\par\tab In thy faithfulness answer me, {\i and} in thy righteousness.

My children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—

A friend loveth at all times;\par\tab And a brother is born for adversity.

and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him?\par\tab And the son of man, that thou visitest him?For thou hast made him but little lower than God,\par\tab And crownest him with glory and honor.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.}

Brethren, my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened: and every one's bands were loosed.

{\b For the Chief Musician; on a stringed instrument. {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Hear my cry, O God;\par\tab Attend unto my prayer.From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed:\par\tab Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Is any 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:

{\b {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Bless Jehovah, O my soul;\par\tab And all that is within me, {\i bless} his holy name.Bless Jehovah, O my soul,\par\tab And forget not all his benefits:

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

What then shall we say to these things? If God {\i is} for us, who {\i is} against us?He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him;\par\tab I will be with him in trouble:\par\tab I will deliver him, and honor him.

For all things {\i are} for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.\par

The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses:\par\tab He turneth it whithersoever he will.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:\par\tab According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me,\par\tab For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention {\i of you} in our prayers;

But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried;\par\tab And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.\par

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.\par

{\b For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,\par\tab And his ears unto their supplication:\par\tab But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.}\par

{\b A Song of Ascents.}\par\par\tab Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.Lord, hear my voice:\par\tab Let thine ears be attentive\par\tab To the voice of my supplications.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;\par\tab For I have hoped in thine ordinances.

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

In my distress I called upon Jehovah,\par\tab And cried unto my God:\par\tab He heard my voice out of his temple,\par\tab And my cry before him came into his ears.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help {\i us} in time of need.\par

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:\par\tab Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications,\par\tab When I cried unto thee.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil {\i one}.

I love Jehovah, because he heareth\par\tab My voice and my supplications.Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,\par\tab Therefore will I call {\i upon him} as long as I live.

My soul melteth for heaviness:\par\tab Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,\par\tab Even his prayer is an abomination.

and on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.\par

Blessed be God,\par\tab Who hath not turned away my prayer,\par\tab Nor his lovingkindness from me.\par

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

Search me, O God, and know my heart:\par\tab Try me, and know my thoughts;And see if there be any wicked way in me,\par\tab And lead me in the way everlasting.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah:\par\tab Jehovah answered me {\i and set me} in a large place.

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

Hear my prayer, O God;\par\tab Give ear to the words of my mouth.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,\par\tab The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;What is man, that thou art mindful of him?\par\tab And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.\par

with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for {\i us} with groanings which cannot be uttered;and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to {\i the will of} God.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.\par

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