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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.
When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins.”
So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.
‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.’
“I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Always rejoice,constantly pray,in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness.But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.For Adam was formed first and then Eve.And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into transgression.But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.
For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
I thank my God every time I remember you.since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of youbecause of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.
Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.He called a child, had him stand among them,For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”
Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.Pray that I may make it known as I should.
Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.
as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.
As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.
but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
Lord, consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer!They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!
if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,– since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened – so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me.
I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.
Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me!Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
I am up before dawn crying for help. I find hope in your word.My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word.
But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”
And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.
I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.
We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.
O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty;
Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.
O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!
Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name!He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.The Lord has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything.Praise the Lord, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds!
We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?
When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.
For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord’s face is against those who do evil.
From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord.O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down argumentsand every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.
Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
I jumped to conclusions and said, “I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
I love the Lord because he heard my plea for mercy,I had faith when I said, “I am severely oppressed.”I rashly declared, “All men are liars.”How can I repay the Lord for all his acts of kindness to me?I will celebrate my deliverance, and call on the name of the Lord.I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people.The Lord values the lives of his faithful followers.Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death.I will present a thank offering to you, and call on the name of the Lord.I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people,in the courts of the Lord’s temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help.
The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.
Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path!
In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.
And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.
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, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job.
With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.
So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.