Prayer is a fundamental aspect of our relationship with God, and the Bible is filled with scriptures that remind us of God’s faithfulness in answering our prayers. From the ancient stories of the patriarchs to the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, the Bible is replete with examples of God’s willingness to listen and respond to our needs. When we pray, we can have confidence that God is attentive to our cries and petitions. The Bible assures us that God is a loving Father who desires to bless His children and meet their needs.
Bible Scriptures on God Answering Prayers
Through prayer, we can experience God’s power, comfort, and guidance in our lives. From healing and deliverance to guidance and wisdom, these scriptures remind us that God is a God who answers prayer and desires a personal relationship with each of us. May these scriptures inspire us to deepen our prayer lives and trust in God’s faithfulness.
God Answers Prayers Directly
1. Psalm 34:17
“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.”
2. Psalm 91:15
“When they call to me, I will answer them. I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue them and honor them.”
3. Isaiah 30:19
“People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will be gracious if you ask for help. He will answer you as soon as he hears.”
4. Isaiah 58:9
“Then you will call, and the Lord will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’”
5. Ezekiel 36:37
“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
6. Matthew 7:7-8
“‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.'”
7. John 14:13-14
“‘And I will do whatever you ask in my name so that through the Son the Father may be glorified. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.'”
8. 1 John 5:15
“And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.”
God Answers Prayers Through Disasters
9. Exodus 14:13-14
“Moses answered the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.”
10. Psalm 107:28-29
“Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.”
11. Psalm 138:7
“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.”
12. Jeremiah 4:3-4
“Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, circumcise your hearts, you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire because of the evil you have done—”
13. Nahum 1:7-8
“The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, but with a rushing flood he will make an end of all her place and will pursue his foes into the darkness of night.”
14. Revelation 8:5
“Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.”
God Answers Prayers Through Visions and Dreams
15. Genesis 28:12-15
“He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he said: ‘I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.'”
16. 1 Kings 3:5-15
“At Gibeon, the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, ‘Ask for whatever you want me to give you.’ Solomon answered, ‘You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart.”
17. Daniel 2:19-23
“During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven and said: ‘Praise be to the name of God forever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.'”
18. Matthew 1:20-21
“But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.'”
19. Acts 10:3-4
“He had a vision of an angel of God coming to him and saying, ‘Cornelius!’ Cornelius stared at him in fear. ‘What is it, Lord?’ he asked. The angel answered, ‘Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.”
20. Acts 16:9-10
“During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’ After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.”
21. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
“Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to mute idols, however, you were led. Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, ‘Jesus be cursed,’ and no one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit.”
22. Revelation 1:1
“The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.”
God Answers Prayers Through His Word
23. Deuteronomy 4:29-31
“But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him.”
24. Psalm 119:169-170
“May my cry come before you, Lord; give me understanding according to your word. May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.”
25. Psalm 138:2
“I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.”
26. Isaiah 55:10-11
“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
27. John 17:17
“Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.”
28. 1 Peter 3:12
“For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
God Answers Prayers Through the Holy Spirit
29. John 14:26
“But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.”
30. John 15:26-27
“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.”
31. Romans 8:26-27
“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. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.”
32. Romans 8:26-27
“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. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.”
33. Romans 8:32
“He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?”
34. Ephesians 2:18
“For through him, we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.”
35. Ephesians 6:18
“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”
36. Jude 1:20-21
“But you, dear friends, by building your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”
37. Revelation 2:7
“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”
God Answers Prayers Through Angels
38. Genesis 16:7-11
“The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. And he said, ‘Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?’ ‘I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,’ she answered. Then the angel of the Lord told her, ‘Go back to your mistress and submit to her.'”
39. Genesis 21:17-19
“God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, ‘What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.'”
40. Exodus 3:2-4
“There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, ‘I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.’ When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ And Moses said, ‘Here I am.'”
41. Hebrews 1:14
“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”
God Answers Prayers Through Providential Circumstances
42. Genesis 24:12-14
“Then he prayed, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. May it be that when I say to a young woman, “Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,” and she says, “Drink, and I’ll water your camels too”—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac.”
43. 1 Samuel 9:15-17
“Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed to Samuel: ‘About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel; he will deliver them from the hand of the Philistines. I have looked on my people, for their cry has reached me.’ When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the Lord said to him, ‘This is the man I spoke to you about; he will govern my people.'”
43. 2 Kings 4:8-17
“One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. She said to her husband, ‘I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then whenever he comes to us, he can go straight to his room.’ One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.”
44. Esther 4:14
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
45. Psalm 34:4-6
“I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.”
46. Psalm 37:23-24
“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.”
47. Psalm 105:4-5
“Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles and the judgments he pronounced.”
48. Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
49. Isaiah 40:28-31
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.”
50. Daniel 2:21-22
“He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him.”
God Answers Prayers Through Changed Circumstances
51. Genesis 30:22-23
“Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son and said, ‘God has taken away my shame.’”
52. Exodus 4:31
“Then the people believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.”
53. 1 Samuel 5:6-12
“The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors. When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, ‘The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy on us and Dagon our god.’
So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, ‘What shall we do with the ark of the god of Israel?’ They answered, ‘Have the ark of the god of Israel moved to Gath.’ So they moved the ark of the God of Israel. But after they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against the city of Gath also. There was a great panic: he struck the people of the city, both young and old, and tumors broke out on them.”
54. 2 Chronicles 20:2-3
“Some people came and told Jehoshaphat, ‘A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Dead Sea. It is already in Hazezon Tamar’ (that is, En Gedi). Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.”
55. Jonah 3:10
“When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.”
56. Matthew 8:2-3
“A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.”
57. Mark 10:46-52
“Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means ‘son of Timaeus’), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stopped and said, ‘Call him.’
So they called to the blind man, ‘Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.’ Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ Jesus asked him. ‘Rabbi, I want to see,’ he replied. Jesus said to him, ‘Go,’ he said, ‘your faith has healed you.’ Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.”
58. Luke 17:11-19
“Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, ‘Jesus, Master, have pity on us!’ When he saw them, he said, ‘Go, show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.
He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, ‘Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?’ Then he said to him, ‘Rise and go; your faith has made you well.’”
59. John 9:1-7
“As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned,’ said Jesus, ‘but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. I am the light of the world.’ Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. ‘Go,’ he told him, ‘wash in the Pool of Siloam’ (this word means ‘Sent’). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.”
60. Acts 9:32-35
“As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people who lived in Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. ‘Aeneas,’ Peter said to him, ‘Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.’ Immediately Aeneas got up. All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.”
God Answers Prayers Through Miracles
61. Exodus 14:13-14
“Moses answered the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.’”
62. Exodus 17:1-7
“The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. So they quarreled with Moses and said, ‘Give us water to drink.’ Moses replied, ‘Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?’ But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses.
He said to them, ‘Why do you grumble against me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?’ Then Moses cried out to the Lord, ‘What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.’ The Lord answered Moses, ‘Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.’ So Moses did this, in the sight of the elders of Israel.”
63. 1 Kings 18:36-39
“At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: ‘Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your command. Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God and that you are turning their hearts back again.’ Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, ‘The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!’”
64. Matthew 14:22-23
“Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up to a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone.”
65. John 11:38-44
“Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. ‘Take away the stone,’ he said. ‘But, Lord,’ said Martha, the sister of the dead man, ‘by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.’ Then Jesus said, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?’ So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said,
‘Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.’ When he had said this, Jesus called out in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’ The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, ‘Take off the grave clothes and let him go.’”
66. Acts 3:1-10
“One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John.
Then Peter said, ‘Look at us!’ So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. Then Peter said, ‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’ Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping and praising God.”
67. Acts 9:34
“Peter said to him, ‘Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.’ Immediately Aeneas got up.”
God Answers Prayers Through His People
68. Exodus 17:12
“When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.”
69. 1 Samuel 30:6
“David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.”
70. 2 Corinthians 1:10-11
“He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him, we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us with your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.”
71. Ephesians 6:18-20
“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given to me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.”
72. Philippians 1:18-20
“But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this, I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.”
God Answers Prayers Through His People
73. Colossians 1:9-12
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way:
bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.”
74. 1 Thessalonians 5:25
“Brothers and sisters, pray for us.”
75. 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12
“With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every desire for goodness and every work of faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
76. Hebrews 13:18-21
“Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to do what is right. I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon. May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.”
77. James 5:14-16
“Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them. And if they have committed sins, they will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
How does God answer prayers through the actions of his people?
God often uses the actions and obedience of His followers to answer prayers. When we bring our requests before the Lord, He can inspire others to act in ways that fulfill our needs or advance His plans for the kingdom. Whether it’s a friend offering encouragement, a church community providing support, or a stranger showing unexpected kindness, God employs the faithful service of His people to answer prayers in tangible ways. By aligning our hearts with His will and being willing vessels, we become conduits through which God’s power, provision, and love flow to those in need.
As believers, we have the honor and responsibility of partnering with God in prayer. We are not only presenting our petitions to the throne of grace, but we also have the chance to participate in God’s response to other people’s prayers. When we listen to the Holy Spirit’s promptings, extend compassion, and take action to help those in need, we become God’s hands and feet in the world. Our obedience and service are powerful tools in the hands of an all-knowing, all-powerful God who desires to work through His people to accomplish His will on earth.
In conclusion, the Bible provides numerous examples of how God answers the prayers of His people in diverse ways. God doesn’t always answer prayers in the way or timing we expect. but he may say “no” when it is not in His will, correct misguided expectations, or lead us to pray according to His will rather than just our own desires. The biblical accounts demonstrate that God answers prayers out of His great love and faithfulness to His children.
