GOd hears our prayers

what does the bible say?

  1. But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him. (Ps. 4:3)

  2. Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer. (Ps. 6:8-9)

  3. And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. (1 Kgs 18:45)

  4. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. (Ps. 18:3)

  5. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry entered His ears (2 Sam 22:7; Ps. 18:6 (NKJV))

  6. Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy. (Ps. 28:6)

  7. I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help. (Ps. 31:22)

  8. I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. (Ps. 34:4)

  9. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. (Ps. 34:6)

  10. The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. (Ps. 34:15)

    • following, read 2 Corinthians 5:21

  11. When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. (Ps. 34:17)

  12. But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. (Ps. 38:15)

  13. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. (Ps. 40:1)

  14. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. (Ps. 55:17)

  15. You who hears prayer, to you shall all flesh come. (Ps. 65:2)

  16. But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me! (Ps. 77:1)

  17. I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. (Ps. 77:1)

  18. For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. (Ps. 86:5)

  19. In the day of trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. (Ps. 86:7)

  20. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. (Ps. 116:2)

  21. Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? (Ps. 118:5-6)

  22. In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. (Ps. 120:1)

  23. The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the righteous. (Prov. 15:29)

  24. “Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me. When you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you,” declares the Lord. (Jer. 29:12-14)

  25. Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. (Jer. 33:3 (NIV))

  26. I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. (Jon. 2:2)

  27. When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. (Jon. 2:7)

  28. When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. (Jon. 3:10)

  29. Whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. (Jn. 16:23)

  30. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his hears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. (1 Pet. 3:12)

  31. And this is the confidence that we have towards him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. (1 Jn. 5:14)

*All scripture is in the ESV translation unless otherwise noted.