50+ Bible Verses About the Power of Prayer

Published January 9, 2023

Prayer is our ultimate communication tool with God. When we pray, we’re not just talking to Him, we’re convening with Him. It’s our chance to tell Him our deepest fears and our most desperate hopes.

This is why prayers are very powerful. Though He already knows what we think and feel even before we tell Him, conveying it in a prayer allows us to feel His grace. Through prayer, God’s presence becomes more tangible. He’s no longer just a higher being that we worship. He becomes a friend or a loving father whom we can confidently confide in. In short, prayer connects us with God on a more personal level.

If you need more reason to start your prayer journey, here are some Bible verses about the power of prayer.

Examples of the Power of Prayer in the Bible

1.  In Joppa, there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek, her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. About that time, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!” Peter went with them, and when he arrived, he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them. Peter sent them all out of the room; then, he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes and, seeing Peter, she sat up. He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. – Acts 9:36-41
2. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months, it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. – James 5:17-18
3. About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. – Acts 16:25-32

Bible Verses About Believing in the Power of Prayer

1. 1. For nothing will be impossible with God. – Luke 1:37
   2. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. – 1 John 5:15
   3. You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. – Job 22:27
   4. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. – Jeremiah 29:12
   5.  You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. – John 14:14
   6. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. – Mark 11:24
   7. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive if you have faith. – Matthew 21:22
   8. I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. – Psalm 17:6
   9. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. – Psalms 145:18
   10. If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! – Matthew 7:11
   11.  In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. – Romans 8:26
   12. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. – James 5:15
   13. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. – John 15:7
   14. Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. – Jeremiah 33:3
   15. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. – 1 John 5:14
   16. Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. – Isaiah 41:10
   17. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. – John 15:16