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What Does the Bible Say About Answered Prayers?

Here are 16 Bible verses about answered prayers, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Mark 11:24

    Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

    BSBTherefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

  2. #21 John 5:14-15

    And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

    BSBAnd this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

  3. #3John 15:7

    If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

    BSBIf you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

  4. #4Hebrews 11:6

    But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

    BSBAnd without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

  5. #5James 4:3

    Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

    BSBAnd when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

  6. #6Psalms 66:18

    If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

    BSBIf I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

  7. #7John 16:24

    Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

    BSBUntil now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

  8. #8Matthew 21:22

    And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

    BSBIf you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

  9. #9Philippians 4:6

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

    BSBBe anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

  10. #10James 1:6-7

    But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

    BSBBut he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

  11. #111 John 5:14

    And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

    BSBAnd this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

  12. #12James 5:16

    Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

    BSBTherefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

  13. #13Hebrews 11:1

    Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

    BSBNow faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

  14. #14John 15:16

    Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

    BSBYou did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

  15. #15Matthew 7:7

    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

    BSBAsk, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

  16. #16John 14:13-14

    And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

    BSBAnd I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.

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