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18 Bible Verses About the Power of Prayer

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Summary

  • James 5:16 calls the prayer of a righteous person “powerful and effective” and gives Elijah’s prayers for drought and rain as the example.
  • Luke 11:13 ends the ask, seek and knock saying with the gift of the Holy Spirit, where Matthew 7:11 has “good gifts.”
  • Mark 11:24 is followed at once by a command to forgive before praying, and 1 John 5:14 limits the promise to requests made according to God’s will.
  • Paul pleaded three times for his thorn to be removed and was refused (2 Corinthians 12:8-9).
  • Some manuscripts of Mark 9:29 read “prayer and fasting,” the wording of the King James Version.

The Bible says God hears prayer and acts on it. James calls the prayer of a righteous person “powerful and effective” (James 5:16) and gives Elijah as his example, whose prayers stopped the rain and brought it back. Jesus promises that those who ask will receive (Matthew 7:7-8; Mark 11:24), and God promises to hear a people who humble themselves and pray (2 Chronicles 7:14). Other passages set conditions: John says God hears requests made “according to his will” (1…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

The King James Version is quoted once, for its reading of Mark 9:29.

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