What Does the Bible Say About Unanswered Prayer?

Psalm 66:19

“But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.”

James 4:3

“You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.”

1 John 5:14

“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.”

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

Mark 11:24

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

Philippians 4:6

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17

“Pray without ceasing.”