"Is any among you afflicted? let him pray" (James 5:13).

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

"Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer" (Romans 12:12).

"Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life" (Psalm 42:8).

"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" (Philippians 4:6-7).

"In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears" (Psalm 18:6).