Bible Verses on Prayer and Fasting
(Acts 16:25) 25 And at midnight, Paul and Silas, praying, praised God. And they that were in prison heard them.
(Acts 9:40) 40 And they all being put forth, Peter, kneeling down, prayed. And turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes and, seeing Peter, sat up.
(Colossians 4:2) 2 Be instant in prayer: watching in it with thanksgiving.
(Ephesians 6:18) 18 By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit: and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints:
(I Corinthians 10:31) 31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God.
(I John 3:22) 22 And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.
(I John 5:14-15) 14 And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he hears us. 15 And we know that he hears us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.
(I Thessalonians 5:17-18) 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In all things give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.
(II Corinthians 12:8-9) 8 For which thing, thrice I besought the Lord that it might depart from me. 9 And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for you: for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
(James 1:5) 5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all men abundantly and upbraids not. And it shall be given him.
(James 4:10) 10 Be humbled in the sight of the Lord: and he will exalt you.
(James 4:8) 8 Draw near to God: and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded.
(James 5:16-18) 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man avails much. 17 Elias was a man passible like us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth. And it rained not for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again. And the heaven gave rain: and the earth brought forth her fruit.
(John 14:14) 14 If you shall ask me anything in my name, that I will do.
(John 15:7) 7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will: and it shall be done unto you.
(John 16:23-28) 23 And in that day you shall not ask me anything. Amen, amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father anything in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto, you have not asked anything in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full. 25 These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour comes when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but will show you plainly of the Father. 26 In that day, you shall ask in my name: and I say not to you that I will ask the Father for you. 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came out from God. 28 I came forth from the Father and have come into the world: again I leave the world and I go to the Father.
(John 4:23-24) 23 But the hour comes and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeks such to adore him. 24 God is a spirit: and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth.
(Jude 1:20) 20 But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
(Luke 18:1) 1 And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray and not to faint,
(Luke 1:13) 13 But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for your prayer is heard: and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son. And you shall call his name John.
(Luke 2:37) 37 And she was a widow until fourscore and four years: who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day.
(Mark 11:24-25) 24 Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when you pray, believe that you shall receive: and they shall come unto you. 25 And when you shall stand to pray, forgive, if you have aught against any man: that your Father also, who is in heaven, may forgive you your sins.
(Matthew 18:19-20) 19 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning anything whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven. 20 For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
(Matthew 21:22) 22 And all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive.
(Matthew 6:9-13) 9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
(Matthew 7:7-8) 7 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8 For every one that asks, receives: and he that seeks, finds: and to him that knocks, it shall be opened.
(Philippians 4:6) 6 Be nothing solicitous: but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
(Psalms 145:18) 18 The Lord is near unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.
All Bible verses taken from the New Advent Bible.
