James 5:16

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

Genesis 20:17

Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

Numbers 11:2

And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.

John 9:31

We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

Genesis 18:23-32

And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?

1 Kings 13:6

Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.

2 Kings 19:15-20

And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

2 Kings 20:2-5

Then, turning his face to the wall, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying,

Job 42:8

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

Psalm 10:17-18

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

Matthew 3:6

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

Luke 11:11-13

And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

Acts 19:18

And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.

Romans 3:10

As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

1 John 3:22

And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.

Genesis 19:29

So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.

Genesis 20:7

So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your life may be safe: but if you do not give her back, be certain that death will come to you and all your house.

Genesis 32:28

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

Genesis 41:9-10

Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;

Exodus 9:28-29

Make prayer to the Lord; for there has been enough of these thunderings of God and this ice-storm; and I will let you go and will keep you no longer.

Exodus 9:33

So Moses went out of the town, and stretching out his hands made prayer to God: and the thunders and the ice-storm came to an end; and the fall of rain was stopped.

Exodus 17:11

Now while Moses' hand was lifted up, Israel was the stronger: but when he let his hand go down, Amalek became the stronger.

Exodus 32:10-14

Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.

Numbers 14:13-20

And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

Numbers 21:7-9

Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people.

Deuteronomy 9:18-20

And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.

Joshua 10:12

It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.

2 Samuel 19:19

And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.

1 Kings 17:18-24

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

2 Kings 4:33-35

So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 14:11-12

And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.

2 Chronicles 30:20

And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.

2 Chronicles 32:20-22

And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.

Proverbs 15:8

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

Proverbs 28:9

As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.

Jeremiah 29:12-13

And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.

Jeremiah 33:3

Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.

Daniel 2:18-23

So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 9:20-22

And while I was still saying these words in prayer, and putting my sins and the sins of my people Israel before the Lord, and requesting grace from the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

Hosea 12:3-4

In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

Matthew 7:7-11

Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

Matthew 18:15-17

And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

Matthew 21:22

And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

Luke 7:3-4

And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.

Luke 9:6

And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

Luke 18:1-8

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

Acts 4:24-31

And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:

Acts 10:38

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

Acts 12:5-11

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

Romans 5:19

Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Keep on with your prayers.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brothers, keep us in mind in your prayers.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

Hebrews 12:13

And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

Hebrews 13:18

Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.

1 Peter 2:24

He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Confess

Genesis 41:9
Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;
2 Samuel 19:19
And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.
Matthew 3:6
And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.
Matthew 18:15
And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.
Luke 7:3
And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.
Acts 19:18
And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.

The effectual

Genesis 18:23
And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?
Genesis 19:29
So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.
Genesis 20:7
So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your life may be safe: but if you do not give her back, be certain that death will come to you and all your house.
Genesis 32:28
And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
Exodus 9:28
Make prayer to the Lord; for there has been enough of these thunderings of God and this ice-storm; and I will let you go and will keep you no longer.
Exodus 17:11
Now while Moses' hand was lifted up, Israel was the stronger: but when he let his hand go down, Amalek became the stronger.
Exodus 32:10
Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.
Numbers 11:2
And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.
Numbers 14:13
And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;
Numbers 21:7
Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people.
Deuteronomy 9:18
And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.
Joshua 10:12
It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
1 Samuel 12:18
So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.
1 Kings 13:6
Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.
1 Kings 17:18
And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
2 Kings 4:33
So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.
2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
2 Kings 20:2
Then, turning his face to the wall, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying,
2 Chronicles 14:11
And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.
2 Chronicles 32:20
And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.
Job 42:8
And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
Psalm 10:17
Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.
Proverbs 15:8
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
Proverbs 28:9
As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.
Jeremiah 29:12
And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
Jeremiah 33:3
Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.
Daniel 2:18
So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 9:20
And while I was still saying these words in prayer, and putting my sins and the sins of my people Israel before the Lord, and requesting grace from the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;
Hosea 12:3
In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
Matthew 7:7
Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.
Luke 11:11
And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?
Luke 18:1
And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
John 9:31
We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
Acts 4:24
And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:
Acts 12:5
So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.
1 John 3:22
And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.

A righteous

Romans 3:10
As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;
Romans 5:19
Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

General references

Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.
Exodus 8:12
Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses made prayer to the Lord about the frogs which he had sent on Pharaoh.
Exodus 17:11
Now while Moses' hand was lifted up, Israel was the stronger: but when he let his hand go down, Amalek became the stronger.
Amos 7:3
The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.
Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

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