Top 30 Bible Verses About Praying for Our Leaders

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.

The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.

Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure.”

This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers… While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

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 will heal their land.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.

Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.

But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a warrior; the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint.

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’

You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and mercy.

Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.