Prayer is a powerful connection we have with God, reminding us that we are never alone. The Bible is filled with verses that assure us of God’s attentiveness to our prayers. Today, we will look at various scripture passages that highlight how God listens to our hearts and guides us.
God Hears Our Prayers Bible Verses
Psalm 34:17 – The Lord hears His people when they call to Him for help.
“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles.”
Psalm 116:1-2 – God hears our voice and our supplications.
“I love the Lord because He hears my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.”
Jeremiah 29:12 – God listens to us when we call upon Him with all our hearts.
“Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.”
1 John 5:14 – We have confidence that God hears us when we ask according to His will.
“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.”
Psalm 55:17 – We should pray morning, noon, and night, and God hears our voice.
“Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.”
Matthew 7:7 – We are to ask, seek, and knock, knowing that God hears us.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
Psalm 145:18 – The Lord is near to all who call upon Him in truth.
“The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.”
Proverbs 15:29 – The Lord hears the prayers of the righteous.
“The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”
James 5:16 – The effective prayer of a righteous person avails much.
“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”
Psalm 66:19 – God has not turned away from our prayers or withheld His love from us.
“But certainly, God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.”
Job 22:27 – If we pray to God, He will hear us.
“You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, and you will pay your vows.”
1 Peter 3:12 – The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers.
“For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Psalm 55:22 – Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you and never allow the righteous to be moved.
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Psalm 91:15 – He shall call upon Me, and I will answer Him; I will be with Him in trouble; I will deliver Him and honor Him.
“He shall call upon Me, and I will answer Him; I will be with Him in trouble; I will deliver Him and honor Him.”
Psalm 145:19 – God fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
“He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.”
Psalm 81:7 – If we obey God and call upon Him, He promises to answer and deliver us from our troubles.
“You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.”
1 Samuel 1:27 – We can be confident that God hears our prayers and grants our requests.
“For this child, I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.”
Jeremiah 33:3 – God will answer us and show us great and mighty things that we do not know.
“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”
Psalm 102:17 – God hears the cries of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
“He shall regard the prayer of the destitute and shall not despise their prayer.”
Matthew 6:6 – When we pray in secret, God hears and rewards us openly.
“But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”
Lamentations 3:55-56 – We can call upon God and He will answer and hear our voice.
“I called on Your name, O Lord, from the lowest pit. You have heard my voice: ‘Do not hide Your ear from my sighing, from my cry for help.’
Isaiah 65:24 – Before we call, God will answer, and while we are still speaking, He will hear.
“It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”
Psalm 4:3 – The Lord hears us when we call upon Him, and He sets apart the godly for himself.
“But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is godly; the Lord will hear when I call to Him.”
1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Psalm 139:1-4 – God knows everything about us, even the words we speak before we say them.
“O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.”
Philippians 4:6-7 – When we pray with thanksgiving, the peace of God will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
1 Peter 5:7 – We should cast all our cares upon God because He cares for us.
“Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”
Psalm 66:20 – God has not withheld His love from us, nor has He withdrawn His mercy.
“Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me!”
Matthew 6:8 – Our Father knows what we need before we ask Him.
“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.”
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Psalm 6:9 – The Lord has heard our supplications; the Lord will receive our prayers.
“The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.”
Psalm 145:18-19 – The Lord is near to all who call upon Him in truth and He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him.
“The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.”
Matthew 21:22 – Whatever we ask in prayer, believing, we will receive.
“And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
John 14:13 – Whatever we ask in Jesus’ name, that He will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
“And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
Mark 11:24 – Whatever things we ask when we pray, believe that we receive them, and we will have them.
“Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”
John 15:7 – If we abide in Jesus and His words abide in us, we can ask whatever we will, and it will be done for us.
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.”
1 John 5:15 – When we pray according to God’s will, He hears us.
“And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”
John 16:24 – Ask and receive, that our joy may be full.
“Until now, you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.”
John 9:31 – If we worship and do God’s will, He hears us.
“Now, we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him.”
Exodus 22:27 – God hears the cry of those who worship Him, and He will be gracious to them.
“For that is his only covering, his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be, when he cries to Me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 – If we humble ourselves, pray, seek God’s face, and turn from our wicked ways, He will hear, forgive, and heal our land.
“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Matthew 18:19 – If two or three agree about anything they ask, it will be done for them by our Father in heaven.
“Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.”
1 John 3:22 – When we keep God’s commandments and do what pleases Him, we receive whatever we ask.
“And whatever we ask we receive from Him because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him.”
John 14:14 – If we ask anything in Jesus’ name, He will do it.
“If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”