Prayer in Scripture is less a technique than a turning toward God who is already near. It can be brief or wordless, anxious or grateful. These verses show prayer as honest speech to a Father who hears and answers in his own time.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:6
Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
James 5:16
This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
1 John 5:14
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 29:12
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
Mark 11:24
Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Psalms 145:18
"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
Matthew 7:7
"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
Luke 11:9-10
In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.
Romans 8:26
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
Colossians 4:2
I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
Psalms 17:6
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
John 15:7