James 5:16

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James 5:16

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Summary

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Confess

The effectual

A righteous

Romans 3:10

Romans 5:19

Hebrews 11:4

General references

Matthew 21:22

Bible References

Confess

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I recall my failures.

He said to the king, "Don't think badly of me, my lord, and don't recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don't call it to mind!

and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.

The effectual

Abraham approached and said, "Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham's request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

But now give back the man's wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don't give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you."

"No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed."

Pray to the Lord, for the mighty thunderings and hail are too much! I will release you and you will stay no longer."

Whenever Moses would raise his hands, then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest his hands, then Amalek prevailed.

So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation."

When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died out.

Moses said to the Lord, "When the Egyptians hear it -- for you brought up this people by your power from among them --

Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord that he would take away the snakes from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him.

The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: "O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!"

So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.

The king pled with the prophet, "Seek the favor of the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored." So the prophet sought the Lord's favor and the king's hand was restored to its former condition.

She asked Elijah, "Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?"

He went in by himself and closed the door. Then he prayed to the Lord.

Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: "Lord God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubs! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

Asa prayed to the Lord his God: "O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O Lord our God, don't let men prevail against you!"

King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has."

Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

The Lord pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.

The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.'

He asked them to pray for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he and his friends would not be destroyed along with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

While I was still speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my request before the LORD my God concerning his holy mountain --

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive."

What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, "Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

A righteous

just as it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one,

For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.

By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

General references

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord because of the frogs that he had brought on Pharaoh.

Whenever Moses would raise his hands, then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest his hands, then Amalek prevailed.

The Lord decided not to do this. "It will not happen," the Lord said.

And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive."