Here are 20 prayer scriptures from the King James Version (KJV) focused on prayer for the family, emphasizing the importance of faith, guidance, and unity.
Having prayer times regularly for and with your family is a vital link in having, peace, strength and endurance in the home. Prayer drives people to God, and God listens and answers prayer. The practice of prayer equips family members to pray effectively amid the pressures of jobs, school etc.
Make it a point to pray over and to pray together as a family and when needs arise you will be in practice. Never be to busy to pray.
- Philippians 4:6-7 – “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
- Joshua 24:15 – “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
- Ephesians 6:18 – “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”
- Proverbs 22:6 – “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
- Colossians 3:13-14 – “Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
- Proverbs 17:17 – “A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
- 1 Timothy 5:8 – “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
- Genesis 18:19 – “For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”
- Deuteronomy 6:6-7 – “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”
- Psalm 133:1 – “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
- 3 John 1:2 – “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
- Matthew 18:19-20 – “Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
- Ephesians 3:14-16 – “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;”
- Proverbs 31:25-28 – “Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.”
- Acts 16:31 – “And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
- Psalm 112:1-2 – “Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.”
- Proverbs 15:29 – “The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.”
- Colossians 3:20-21 – “Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”
- Luke 18:1 – “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;”
- Proverbs 14:26 – “In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.”
Final thoughts
These scriptures from the KJV provide a solid foundation for praying over and within the family, emphasizing unity, guidance, and the nurturing of faith. Remember that children mimic what they see at home, so don’t forget daily prayer.