James 5:16

Confess sins to one another and pray for one another, for the righteous person's prayer is powerful. Mutual confession and prayer bring healing within the community.

Cross-references · 40

• Jer 29:12–13Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
• Prov 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
• Matt 21:22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
• Ps 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
• John 9:31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
• Jer 33:3Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
• Ps 145:18–19The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
• 1 Pet 2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
• Matt 7:7–11Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
• 1 Jn 3:22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
• Dan 9:20–22And 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;
• Prov 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• Acts 19:18And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
• Luke 11:11–13If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
• Ps 10:17–18LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
• 1 Th 5:17Pray without ceasing.
• Gen 20:17So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
• Job 42:8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
• Prov 28:9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
• 2 Chr 30:20And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
• Num 11:2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
• Matt 3:6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
• Heb 12:13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
• Gen 18:23–32And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
• 1 Th 5:25Brethren, pray for us.
• 2 Kgs 20:2–5Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
• Luke 18:1–8And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Rom 3:10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
• Acts 12:5–11Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
• 2 Kgs 4:33–35He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
• Heb 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
• Exod 9:28–29Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
• Acts 10:38How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
• 1 Kgs 13:6And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
• 2 Chr 14:11–12And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
• Acts 4:24–31And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
• Heb 13:18Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
• Heb 11:4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
• Gen 20:7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
• Rom 5:19For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

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