Private Prayer

35 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

28 sections

An Evidence of Conversion

Acts 9:11 “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

Anna

Luke 2:37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

Christ Was Constant In

Matthew 14:23 After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
Matthew 26:36 Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Mark 1:35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
Luke 9:18 One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
Luke 9:29 And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.

Commanded

Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Cornelius

Acts 10:30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

Daniel

Daniel 9:3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Daniel 9:17 So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

David

2 Samuel 7:18–29 Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? …

Eliezer

Genesis 24:12 “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

Ezra

Ezra 9:5–6 At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God, …

Gideon

Judges 6:22 When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
Judges 6:36 Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
Judges 6:39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”

Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1:2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?

Hannah

1 Samuel 1:10 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

Hezekiah

2 Kings 20:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

Isaiah

2 Kings 20:11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

Jacob

Genesis 32:9–12 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’ …

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 32:16–25 After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD: …

Jonah

Jonah 2:1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,

Lot

Genesis 19:20 Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there — is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

Manasseh

2 Chronicles 33:18–19 As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. …

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 2:4 “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

Nothing should Hinder

Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, …

Paul

Acts 9:11 “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

Peter

Acts 9:40 Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
Acts 10:9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

Rewarded Openly

Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Shall be Heard

Job 22:27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

should be offered without Ceasing

1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.

should be offered: At Evening, Morning, and Noon

Psalm 55:17 Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

should be offered: Day and Night

Psalm 88:1 O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.