100 Prayers in The Bible

(Also see the 650 Prayers found in the bible listed on this website.) 

This is a link to a Table of Contents of all the prayers in the Bible by Herbert Lockyer 

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Genesis

1. Abraham’s prayer for Sodom (18:16–19)
2. Abraham’s servant’s prayer regarding the solution of a bride for Isaac (24:12–14)
3. Jacob’s prayer as he wrestled with God at the brook of Jabbok (32:9–12)
4. Jacob’s prayer in Egypt for his two favorite grandsons (48:15–16)

Exodus

5. Moses’ prayer beside the burning bush as God instructs him to return to Egypt (3–4)
6. Moses’ prayer at Rephidim regarding water for his people to drink (17:4–5)
7. Moses’ prayer at Rephidim that God would give Joshua victory over the Amalekites (17:16)
8. Moses’ prayer that God would forgive Israel for worshiping the Golden Calf (32:11–14, 31)
9. Moses’ prayer to view God’s glory (33:18)

Numbers

10. Moses’ prayer that God’s glory would continue to guide and protect Israel (10:35–36)
11. Moses’ prayer for strength and help in governing Israel (11:10–15)
12. Moses’ prayer that God would heal Miriam of leprosy (12:13)
13. Moses’ three-fold prayer for Israel, pleading with God that he not destroy the people:
• Following their refusal to enter the Promised Land (14)
• Following Korah’s rebellion (16)
• Following their complaint regarding lack of bread and water (21:6–7)
14. Moses’ prayer that God would bless his successor, Joshua (27:15–17)

Deuteronomy

15. Moses’ unsuccessful prayer to enter the Promised Land (3:23)
16. Moses’ prayer for Israel and Aaron following the Golden Calf episode (9:18–21)

Joshua

17. Joshua’s prayers as he met the captain of the Lord’s hosts (5:13–15)
18. Joshua’s prayer following Israel’s defeat at Ai (7:6–9)
19. Joshua’s prayer for additional sunlight at Aijalon (10:12–15)

Judges

20. Gideon’s prayer for a sign (6:17–18)
21. Manoah’s prayer for his unborn son Samson (13:8)
22. Samson’s prayer for supernatural strength that he might destroy his enemies (16:28)

1 Samuel

23. Hannah’s prayer of petition; asking God to give her a son (1:10–11)
24. Hannah’s prayer of praise; thanking God for giving her a son (2:1–10)

2 Samuel

25. David’s prayer thanking God for the permanent establishment of his kingdom (7:25)
26. David’s prayer asking God to permit his infant son to live (12:16)

1 Kings

27. Solomon’s prayer asking God for wisdom (3:9)
28. Solomon’s prayer of dedication at the completion of the temple (8:23–24)
29. Elijah’s three-fold prayer:
• That God would raise up a dead child (17:20–21)
• That God would send fire to consume a sacrifice (18:36–38)
• That God would take away his life (19:3–4)

2 Kings

30. Elisha’s prayer that God would raise up a dead child (4:33)
31. Elisha’s prayer that his servant see the angelic army that was protecting them (6:17)
32. Hezekiah’s prayer that God would save Jerusalem from the Assyrian army (19:14–19)

1 Chronicles

33. Jabez’s prayer that God would change his border (4:10)
34. David’s prayer that Jerusalem not be destroyed by a plague (21:17)
35. David’s prayer at the dedication of the building materials for the new temple (21:26)

2 Chronicles

36. Asa’s prayer that God would deliver Jerusalem from the Ethiopian army (14:11)
37. Manasseh’s prayer for forgiveness regarding his many wicked acts (33)

Ezra 38. Ezra’s prayer, confessing the sins of the Jewish remnant following the exile (8:21–23)

Nehemiah

39. Nehemiah’s two-fold prayer (1:5–11):
• In Persia: that God would forgive the returning Jews already in Jerusalem
• To give him favor in the sight of King Artaxerxes
40. The prayer of praise and confession by the Levites after rebuilding Jerusalem’s wall (9)

Job

41. Job’s two-fold prayer after hearing and seeing God (42:1–6):
• Job’s worthlessness
• God’s sovereignty

Psalms

42. The psalmist thanks God who cared for him as an earthly father and mother would (27)
43. The psalmist thanks God for encouragement in the time of great discouragement (28)
44. The psalmist thanks God for the permanence of the divine king and kingdom (45)
45. David confesses his sins of adultery and murder and prays for cleansing (51)
46. The psalmist asks God to judge all enemies of righteousness and truth (69)
47. The psalmist contrasts the morality of man with the eternality of God (90)
48. The psalmist offers up a prayer of praise (103)
49. The psalmist thanks God for God's word (119:11)
50. The psalmist thanks God for his omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence (139)

Isaiah

51. Isaiah’s prayer that God would use him (6:8)
52. Israel’s prayer of praise during the millennium (12)

Jeremiah

53. Jeremiah’s prayer of protest regarding his call to preach (1:6)
54. Jeremiah’s questions regarding God’s dealing with Israel (12:1–6)
55. Jeremiah’s prayer regarding Israel’s sin (14:1–10)
56. Jeremiah’s questions regarding his own ministry (15:5–21)
57. Jeremiah’s bitter complaint to God (20:7–8)
Lamentations 58. Jeremiah’s prayer of total despair (3)
Daniel 59. Daniel’s confessional prayer for both himself and his people (9)

Jonah

60. The prayer by some frightened pagan sailors (1:14)
61. Jonah’s prayer of rededication from the belly of a fish (2:2–9)

Micah

62. Micah’s prayer of praise for God’s forgiveness of his people (7)

Habakkuk

63. Habakkuk’s prayer thanking God for his mercy, power, and salvation (3)

Matthew,
Mark,
Luke, John

Prayers prayed by Jesus:
64. Before choosing his twelve disciples for wisdom in their selection (Luke 6:12–13)

65. Thanking the Father for revealing great truths to the 70 disciples (Matt. 11:25–30)

66. Asking that Lazarus be raised to prove the Father had sent the Son (John 11:41–42)

Matthew,
Mark,
Luke, John

67. Asking the father to comfort his troubled soul and glorify the Father’s name (John 12:27–28)

68. He prays for himself, his disciples, and all believers (John 17)

69. Asking that his Father’s will be done three times in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:35–41)

70. His three-fold prayer on the cross:
• First prayer: “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:24)
• Second prayer: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34)
• Third prayer: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46)

Luke

71. Zechariah’s prayer for a son (1:11–20)
72. Simeon’s prayers at the dedication of the infant Jesus (2:29–30)
73. The publican’s prayer for forgiveness (18:13)

Acts

74. The prayer session of the 120 in the Upper Room just prior to Pentecost (1:14)

75. The apostles’ prayer of thanking God for the privilege of suffering for him (4:23–30)

76. The apostles’ prayer for the newly selected deacons (6:6)

77. The prayer of the dying Stephen asking God to forgive those who were stoning him (7:59–60)

78. The prayer of Peter and John that the Samaritans would receive the Holy Spirit (8:15)

79. Paul’s prayer of submission upon seeing the resurrected Christ en route to Damascus (9:5)

80. Peter’s prayer that God would raise up Dorcas from the dead (9:40)

81. Cornelius’s prayer that he might be saved (10:2)

82. The prayer of the Jerusalem church that Peter might be released from prison (12:5)

83. The prayer of the Antioch church for the missionary efforts of Paul and Barnabas (13:1–3)

84. The midnight prayer of the imprisoned Paul and Silas at Philippi (16:25)

85. Paul’s prayer for the Ephesian elders who had met him in Miletus (20:32)

86. Paul’s prayer for some disciples at Tyre (21:5)

87. Paul’s prayer for the healing of Publius’s sick father on the Isle of Malta (28:8)

Romans

88. Paul’s prayer for Israel’s salvation (10:1)

2 Corinthians

89. Paul’s prayer that God would remove his thorn in the flesh (12:8)

Ephesians

90. Paul’s first prayer for the Ephesian church (1:17–23)

91. Paul’s second prayer for the Ephesian church (3:14–19)

Colossians

92. Paul’s prayer for the church at Colosse (1:9–14)

Philemon

93. Paul’s prayer for Philemon (4–7)

Hebrews

94. The author of Hebrews’ prayer for believers (13:20–21)

Revelation

95. Heaven’s two-fold prayer of praise to God:
• Thanking him for his great work in creation (4:11)
• Thanking him for his great work in redemption (5:9–14)

96. The prayer of the martyred souls in heaven (6:10)

97. The prayer of the saved multitude during the great tribulation (7:10–12)

98. The prayer of the heavenly saints thanking God for Christ’s millennial reign (11:15)

99. The heavenly saints thanking God for the marriage of Christ and his bride the church (19:6–8)

100. The prayer of John that Christ would soon appear (22:20)