Kohathite: 50 Bible Verses About Promises Connected to Prayer from the Old Testament

50 Bible Verses About Promises Connected to Prayer from the Old Testament

Here’s a carefully compiled list of 50 Old Testament Bible verses about promises connected to prayer in the NKJV. I’ve focused on passages where God assures His people that He hears, answers, or responds to prayer.

50 Old Testament Verses on Promises Connected to Prayer (NKJV)

2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Psalm 34:17 – “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.”
Psalm 50:15 – “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
Psalm 91:15 – “He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.”
Psalm 102:17 – “He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer.”
Psalm 145:18 – “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.”
Proverbs 15:29 – “The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”
Jeremiah 29:12 – “Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.”
Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”
Isaiah 65:24 – “It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”
Isaiah 58:9 – “Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’”
Psalm 6:9 – “The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.”
Psalm 17:6 – “I call upon You, for You will answer me, O God; incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.”
Psalm 18:6 – “In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears.”
Psalm 30:8 – “O Lord my God, I cried to You, and You healed me.”
Psalm 31:2 – “Incline Your ear to me, deliver me speedily; be my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.”
Psalm 34:4 – “I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”
Psalm 50:23 – “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies Me, and to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God.”
Psalm 55:17 – “Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.”
Psalm 66:19 – “But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.”
Psalm 86:6 – “Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.”
Psalm 91:15 – “He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.”
Psalm 102:1 – “Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You.”
Psalm 116:1-2 – “I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.”
Proverbs 15:8 – “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.”
Proverbs 15:29 – “The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”
Proverbs 28:9 – “He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.”
Isaiah 1:15 – “When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear.” (Promise is conditional: God hears righteous prayer.)
Isaiah 58:9 – “Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’”
Isaiah 65:24 – “It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”
Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”
2 Chronicles 6:19 – “Hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place.”
2 Chronicles 30:9 – “For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if you return to Him.”
Nehemiah 1:6 – “Let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now.”
Nehemiah 4:9 – “But we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.”
Daniel 9:18 – “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
Daniel 9:19 – “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, my God; for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
Psalm 5:3 – “My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up.”
Psalm 10:17 – “O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear.”
Psalm 17:1 – “Hear a just cause, O Lord, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.”
Psalm 38:9 – “Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.”
Psalm 66:18 – “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear.”
Psalm 119:145 – “I cry with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord! I will keep Your statutes.”
Isaiah 37:4 – “Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; then he went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.” (Prayer in faith brings God’s intervention.)
Psalm 28:6 – “Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications.”
Psalm 34:15 – “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.”
Psalm 145:19 – “He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.”
2 Chronicles 20:20-22 – “…Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper… and the Lord set ambushes against the people who came against Judah.” (God answers faithful prayer.)
Job 22:27 – “You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you shall pay your vows.”
Job 36:26 – “Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; the number of His years is unsearchable.” (Implied promise: God’s wisdom governs answered prayer.)