• Matthew 5:44-45
  But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
   
• Ephesians 6:18
  praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints'
   
• 1 Timothy 2:1-2
  Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.
   
• Numbers 16:44-48
  And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces. So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD. The plague has begun.” Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; so the plague was stopped.
   
• John 17:9
  "I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.
   
• John 17:15
  I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
   
• Colossians 4:3
  meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains,
   
• James 5:15-16
  And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
   
• 1 Peter 2:5
  you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
   

Related Scriptures

• Romans 8:26-27
  Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
   
• Jeremiah 7:16
  “Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
   
• Matthew 6:9-13
  In this manner, therefore, pray:
  Our Father in heaven,
  Hallowed be Your name.
  Your kingdom come.
  Your will be done
  On earth as it is in heaven.
  Give us this day our daily bread.
  And forgive us our debts,
  As we forgive our debtors.
  And do not lead us into temptation,
  But deliver us from the evil one.
  For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
   
• Philippians 1:9-11
  And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.