“Call to me and I will answer you,” God told Jeremiah, “and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Not a vague promise of comfort, a direct offer to actually answer, including things Jeremiah hadn’t even thought to ask about yet.
These thirty verses are for the specific questions you’re carrying right now, the ones with no clear next step attached.
Pray these and then actually wait for the answer, instead of moving on to the next worry.
Prayer for Answers
1. Jeremiah 33:3 (KJV)
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
Prayer: I’m calling to You. Answer me, and tell me things I don’t yet know how to ask about.
Let the answer include more than I knew to ask for.
2. Matthew 7:7-8 (KJV)
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
Prayer: I’m asking, seeking, knocking. Let me keep doing all three until You answer.
Let persistence not turn into losing hope while I wait.
3. James 1:5 (KJV)
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”
Prayer: I lack wisdom here, plainly. Give it to me generously, without finding fault.
Let wisdom come without shame for having to ask.
4. Psalms 34:4 (KJV)
“I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”
Prayer: I sought You and You answered me, delivered me from all my fears.
Let seeking and answering happen close together this time.
5. Psalms 91:15 (KJV)
“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.”
Prayer: I will call on You, and You will answer me, You will be with me in trouble.
Let answering and being present happen together.
6. Isaiah 65:24 (KJV)
“And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”
Prayer: Before I call, You will answer, while I’m still speaking, You will hear.
Let Your responsiveness be faster than I expect.
7. Psalms 4:1 (KJV)
“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.”
Prayer: Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness, give me relief from my distress.
Let relief come alongside the answer, not just information.
8. Psalms 86:7 (KJV)
“In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.”
Prayer: In the day of my trouble I call to You, for You will answer me.
Let this specific trouble be met with a specific answer.
9. Psalms 120:1 (KJV)
“In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.”
Prayer: I call to You in my distress, and You answer me.
Let distress be exactly what moves You to respond.
10. 1 John 5:14-15 (KJV)
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.”
Prayer: Let me ask according to Your will, confident that You hear me and that what I’ve asked is already being worked out.
Let confidence come from knowing Your will, not guessing at it.
11. John 14:13-14 (KJV)
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.”
Prayer: Whatever I ask in Your name, answer, so the Father may be glorified.
Let my asking point back to Your glory, not just my own relief.
12. Jeremiah 29:12-13 (KJV)
“Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”
Prayer: I’m calling on You, and I will find You when I seek You with all my heart.
Let seeking be wholehearted, not halfway.
13. Psalms 27:8-9 (KJV)
“When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.”
Prayer: My heart says, seek His face. Your face, Lord, I will seek. Don’t hide Your face from me now.
Let seeking Your face matter more than seeking the answer alone.
14. Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
Prayer: Let me trust You with all my heart, not leaning on my own limited understanding of this question.
Let trust replace the anxious overthinking this uncertainty usually brings.
15. Psalms 32:8 (KJV)
“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.”
Prayer: You promise to instruct and teach me, to counsel me with Your loving eye. Do that here, specifically.
Let guidance come one clear step at a time.
16. Isaiah 30:21 (KJV)
“And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.”
Prayer: Let me hear that voice behind me saying, this is the way, whenever I’m unsure which way to go.
Let Your correction come clearly, before I’ve gone too far the wrong way.
17. Psalms 25:4-5 (KJV)
“Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.”
Prayer: Show me Your ways, Lord, teach me Your paths, guide me in Your truth.
Let teaching happen even when I feel like I should already know this.
18. James 1:6-7 (KJV)
“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.”
Prayer: Let me ask in faith, without doubting, not tossed back and forth by my own uncertainty.
Let doubt not be the thing that undoes my own asking.
19. Psalms 34:15 (KJV)
“The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.”
Prayer: Your eyes are on the righteous and Your ears are attentive to their cry. Let Your ears be attentive to mine.
Let attention here be real, not just theoretical.
20. Habakkuk 2:1 (KJV)
“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.”
Prayer: Let me stand at my watch and station myself to see what You will say, and how You will answer.
Let me actually wait and watch, not just ask and move on.
21. Daniel 9:20-23 (KJV)
“And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.”
Prayer: Let the answer come while I’m still praying, the way it came for Daniel.
Let speed of the answer not be the measure of whether You’ve heard me.
22. Psalms 143:8 (KJV)
“Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.”
Prayer: Show me the way I should go, for to You I entrust my life.
Let this trust cover the whole decision, not just the parts I already understand.
23. Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Prayer: Let me seek Your kingdom first, trusting these other answers to follow in their own time.
Let priority actually show up in how I spend my waiting.
24. John 16:13 (KJV)
“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”
Prayer: Let Your Spirit of truth guide me into all truth as I wait for this answer.
Let this guidance be trustworthy enough to actually act on.
25. Psalms 138:3 (KJV)
“In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.”
Prayer: When I called, You answered, and made me bold and stouthearted.
Let boldness replace the uncertainty I’m currently carrying.
26. Isaiah 55:8-9 (KJV)
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Prayer: Your thoughts are not my thoughts, Your ways higher than mine. Let me trust an answer even if it’s not the one I expected.
Let trust hold even when the answer looks different than I imagined.
27. Romans 11:33-34 (KJV)
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?”
Prayer: Your judgments are unsearchable, Your paths beyond tracing out. Let me trust the depth I can’t fully see.
Let mystery here produce worship, not just frustration.
28. Psalms 73:16-17 (KJV)
“When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.”
Prayer: I tried to understand this on my own, until I entered Your presence, and then I understood.
Let understanding come from time with You, not just my own reasoning.
29. Habakkuk 2:2-3 (KJV)
“And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”
Prayer: Let me write down what You reveal, and wait for it, even if it seems slow, trusting it will not be late.
Let waiting for the right timing feel worth it, not just frustrating.
30. Psalms 46:10 (KJV)
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Prayer: Let me be still, and know that You are God, even while I’m still waiting for this answer.
Let stillness itself be part of how the answer eventually comes clear.
Conclusion
Jeremiah asked in the middle of a siege, locked in a courtyard, with no obvious way out. God still answered, not with an escape plan, but with things Jeremiah didn’t even know to ask about yet.
Ask plainly, then actually stop and listen instead of rushing to the next worry.
For decisions specifically, a prayer for discernment in making a decision pairs well with this one.