50 Bible Verses on God's Response to Prayer from the Old Testament

I’ve compiled 50 verses from the Old Testament that reflect God’s response to prayer, all from the NKJV. I’ve focused on promises, examples, and assurances of God hearing, answering, or acting in response to the prayers of His people.

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50 Bible Verses About God’s Response to Prayer (Old Testament, NKJV)

1. 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."

2. Psalm 34:17 – "The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles."

3. Psalm 66:19 – "But truly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer."

4. Psalm 145:18 – "The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth."

5. Psalm 50:15 – "Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."

6. Psalm 102:17 – "He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer."

7. 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."

8. Psalm 18:6 – "In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears."

9. Psalm 66:20 – "Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me!"

10. 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."

11. Psalm 34:4 – "I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears."

12. Psalm 17:6 – "I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God; incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech."

13. 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."

14. Psalm 20:1 – "The LORD answer you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you!"

15. Psalm 34:17-18 – "The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit."

16. Psalm 6:9 – "The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer."

17. Psalm 145:19 – "He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them."

18. Psalm 66:20 – "Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me!"

19. Psalm 55:22 – "Cast your burden on the LORD, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved."

20. Psalm 17:1 – "Hear a just cause, O LORD, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit."

21. Proverbs 15:29 – "The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous."

22. Proverbs 15:8 – "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight."

23. Proverbs 28:9 – "One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination."

24. Isaiah 65:24 – "It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear."

25. Jeremiah 33:3 – "Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know."

26. 1 Kings 8:30 – "Hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive."

27. 1 Kings 8:28 – "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive."

28. 2 Chronicles 6:21 – "Hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to everyone according to all his ways."

29. 2 Chronicles 20:20 – "Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper."

30. Nehemiah 1:6 – "Let Your ear now be attentive, and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now."

31. Nehemiah 1:11 – "O LORD, I pray, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and the prayer of Your servants who delight to fear Your name."

32. Job 22:27 – "You will make your prayer to Him, and He will hear you, and you shall pay your vows."

33. Job 33:26 – "He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him, and he shall see His face with joy."

34. Job 42:10 – "And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends."

35. 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."

36. Psalm 66:18 – "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear."

37. Psalm 102:17 – "He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer."

38. Psalm 138:3 – "In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul."

39. Psalm 118:5 – "I called on the LORD in distress; the LORD answered me and set me in a broad place."

40. Isaiah 58:9 – "Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’"

41. Jeremiah 29:12 – "Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you."

42. Jeremiah 29:13 – "And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart."

43. Psalm 50:15 – "Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."

44. Psalm 107:28-30 – "Then they cry out to the LORD in their trouble, He brings them out of their distresses. He calms the storm, so that its waves are still."

45. Psalm 34:17 – "The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles."

46. Psalm 66:19 – "But truly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer."

47. Psalm 116:1 – "I love the LORD, because He has heard my voice and my supplications."

48. 1 Samuel 1:27-28 – "For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition which I asked of Him."

49. 2 Chronicles 6:40 – "Hear the supplications of Your servants, and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, Your dwelling place."

50. Psalm 145:19 – "He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them."

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