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 Yahweh; O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted.

“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.

For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

But he must ask in faith, doubting nothing, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

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

These all with one accord were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.

for I know that this will turn out for my salvation through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He was moved by our entreaty.

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

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

rejoicing in hope, persevering in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

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

Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving;

First of all, then, I exhort that petitions and prayers, requests and thanksgivings, be made for all men, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women professing godliness. A woman must learn in quietness, in all submission. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. For it was Adam who was first formed, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into trespass. But she will be saved through the bearing of children, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with self-restraint. for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

For this reason also, since the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Brothers, pray for us.

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, having the same struggle which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me. always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, because of your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now.

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

¶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

Evening and morning and at noon, I will bring my complaint and moan, And He will hear my voice.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this.

Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears And delivers them out of all their troubles.

Yahweh is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous.

He has turned toward the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.

“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been bound, that I may make it manifest in the way I ought to speak.

Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you yourselves also are in the body.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy.

you also joining in helping us through your prayers on our behalf, so that thanks may be given on our behalf by many persons for the gracious gift bestowed on us through the prayers of many.

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and upright way.

May my prayer be established as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

But I have prayed earnestly for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, once you have returned, strengthen your brothers.”

Hear a righteous cause, O Yahweh, give heed to my cry of lamentation; Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. They have closed their unfeeling heart, With their mouth they speak proudly. They have now surrounded us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground. He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in hiding places. ¶Arise, O Yahweh, confront him, bring him low; Protect my soul from the wicked with Your sword, From men with Your hand, O Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their excess to their infants. As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake. May my judgment come from Your presence; May Your eyes behold what is upright.

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will listen from heaven, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.

Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

God is to us a God of salvation; And to Yahweh the Lord belong escapes from death.

do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the full knowledge of Him, so that you—the eyes of your heart having been enlightened—will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

Give ear, O Yahweh, to my prayer; And give heed to the voice of my supplications! In the day of my distress I shall call upon You, For You will answer me.

I am grateful to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I unceasingly remember you in my prayers night and day,

¶Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.

For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how without ceasing I make mention of you,

I eagerly greet the dawn and cry for help; I wait for Your words. My eyes eagerly greet the night watches, That I may muse on Your word.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,

With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me stray from Your commandments.

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

So, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience;

To You, O Yahweh, I called, And to the Lord I made supplication:

Therefore, I will divide for Him a portion with the many, And He will divide the spoil with the strong; Because He poured out His soul to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.

And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

I have wandered off like a lost sheep; search for Your slave, For I have not forgotten Your commandments.

as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?

O Yahweh, hear my prayer, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!

My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

What is man that You remember him, And the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You crown him with glory and majesty!

Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. And suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the jailhouse were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

Hear my cry of lamentation, O God; Give heed to my prayer. From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Bless Yahweh, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, So Yahweh has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our form; He remembers that we are but dust. ¶As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flowers. When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer. But the lovingkindness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children, To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them. ¶Yahweh has established His throne in the heavens, And His kingdom rules over all. Bless Yahweh, O my soul, And forget none of 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 is for us, who is against us? He who indeed did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in his distress; I will rescue him and honor him.

For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh; He turns it wherever He pleases.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; According to Your lovingkindness remember me, For the sake of Your goodness, O Yahweh.

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

¶But as for me, O Yahweh, I have cried out to You for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before 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 he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears attend to their prayer, But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Out of the depths I called to You, O Yahweh. O Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.

And do not take away the word of truth utterly from my mouth, For I wait for Your judgments.

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the tearing down of strongholds, as we tear down speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

not merely looking out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

In my distress I called upon Yahweh, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep,

As for me, I said in my alarm, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless, You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You for help.

I love Yahweh, because He hears My voice and my supplications. I believed when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” I said in my alarm, “All men are liars.” ¶What shall I give to Yahweh in return For all His bountiful dealings with me? I shall lift up the cup of salvation And call upon the name of Yahweh. I shall pay my vows to Yahweh, Oh may it be in the presence of all His people. Precious in the sight of Yahweh Is the death of His holy ones. O Yahweh, surely I am Your slave, I am Your slave, the son of Your maidservant, You have loosed my bonds. To You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And call upon the name of Yahweh. I shall pay my vows to Yahweh, Oh may it be in the presence of all His people, In the courts of the house of Yahweh, In the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise Yah! Because He has inclined His ear to me, So I shall call upon Him in all my days.

My soul weeps because of grief; Raise me up according to Your word.

He who turns away his ear from listening to the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

as well as on my behalf, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel— Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), for which I am an ambassador in chains—so that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me.

Epaphras, who is one of your number, a slave of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand complete and fully assured in all the will of God.

¶Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

being devoted to one another in brotherly love, giving preference to one another in honor,

¶From my distress I called upon Yah; Yah answered me and set me in a large place.

And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves well in all things.

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, strengthen, confirm, and ground you.

O God, hear my prayer; Give ear to the words of my mouth.

¶When I see Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have established; What is man that You remember him, And the son of man that You care for him?

Inquire of Yahweh and His strength; Seek His face continually.

And Yahweh restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and Yahweh increased all that Job had twofold.

praying at all times with all prayer and petition in the Spirit, and to this end, being on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

First of all, then, I exhort that petitions and prayers, requests and thanksgivings, be made for all men,

And 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; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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.

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

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

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

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