James 5:16
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James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.

Genesis 20:17

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants so that they [could] bear children [again].

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of Yahweh [are] toward [the] righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.

Numbers 11:2

Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire died down.

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.

Genesis 18:23-32

And Abraham drew near [to Yahweh] and said, "Will you also sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

1 Kings 13:6

Then the king responded and said to the man of God, "Please entreat the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me that my hand may return to me." So the man of God entreated the face of Yahweh, and the hand of the king returned to him, as it was in the beginning.

2 Kings 19:15-20

Then Hezekiah prayed before the face of Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh, God of Israel who lives [above] the cherubim. You [are] God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the world; you have made the heavens and the earth.

2 Kings 20:2-5

Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh, saying,

Job 42:8

{So then}, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will pray for you, for {I will certainly accept his prayer}, so that it will not be done with you [according to your] folly, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has]."

Psalm 10:17-18

[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}

Proverbs 15:29

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but the prayers of the righteous he will hear.

Matthew 3:6

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River [as they] confessed their sins.

Luke 11:11-13

But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?

Acts 19:18

And many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their practices,

Romans 3:10

just as it is written, "[There] is no one righteous, not even one;

1 John 3:22

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do [what is] pleasing {in his sight}.

Genesis 19:29

So it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

Genesis 20:7

So now, return the wife of the man, for he [is] a prophet, so that he will pray for you and you will live. And {if you do not return her}, know that you will certainly die, and all that [are] yours."

Genesis 32:28

And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."

Genesis 41:9-10

Then the chief of the cupbearers spoke with Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my sins today.

Exodus 9:28-29

Pray to Yahweh. The thunder of God and hail {are enough}, and I will release you, and {you will no longer have to stay}."

Exodus 9:33

And Moses went from Pharaoh out of the city, and he spread his hands to Yahweh, and the thunder and the hail stopped, and rain did not pour [on the] earth.

Exodus 17:11

And when Moses raised his hand, Israel would prevail, but when he rested his hand, Amalek would prevail.

Exodus 32:10-14

And now leave me [alone] so that {my anger may blaze} against them, and let me destroy them, and I will make you into a great nation."

Numbers 14:13-20

And Moses said to Yahweh, "Then the Egyptians will hear that you brought up this people from their midst in your power,

Numbers 21:7-9

The people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh and let him remove the snakes from among us." So Moses prayed for the people.

Deuteronomy 9:18-20

And [then] I lay prostrate {before} Yahweh, as earlier, forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food and I did not drink water because of all your sins that you committed, by doing evil in the eyes of Yahweh [and so] provoking him.

Joshua 10:12

Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh, on the day Yahweh gave the Amorites over to the {Israelites}, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun in Gibeon, stand still, and moon, in the valley of Aijalon."

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel called out to Yahweh, and Yahweh brought thunder and rain that [same] day, so all the people feared Yahweh and Samuel greatly.

2 Samuel 19:19

and he said to the king, "May not my lord hold me guilty, and may you not remember how your servant did wrong on the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem, by taking it to heart!

1 Kings 17:18-24

She said to Elijah, "{What do you have against me}, O man of God, [that] you have come to me to make known my guilt and to cause my son to die?"

2 Kings 4:33-35

He went and closed the door behind the two of them and prayed to Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 14:11-12

Then Asa cried out to Yahweh his God. And he said, "O Yahweh, there is none with you to help between the great and the powerless. Help us, O Yahweh our God, for we rely upon you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Yahweh, you [are] our God! Let no man prevail against you!"

2 Chronicles 30:20

And Yahweh listened to Hezekiah, and he healed the people.

2 Chronicles 32:20-22

Then King Hezekiah and Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed concerning this. And they cried to the heavens.

Psalm 145:18-19

Yahweh [is] near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.

Proverbs 28:9

He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then Yahweh said to me, "[Even] if Moses and Samuel stood {before me}, my heart [would] not [be] to this people. Send [them] away from my {sight}, and let them go out.

Jeremiah 29:12-13

Then [when] you call me, and you come and pray to me, then I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 33:3

'Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great [things] and inaccessible [things that] you have not known.'

Daniel 2:18-23

and [told them] to seek mercy {from the God of heaven} concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions, along with the remainder of the wise men of Babylon, would not be killed.

Daniel 9:20-22

Now I [was] still speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea {before} Yahweh my God, on behalf {of the holy mountain of my God}.

Hosea 12:3-4

In the womb he deceived his brother, and in his manhood he struggled with God.

Matthew 7:7-11

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

Matthew 18:15-17

"Now if your brother sins against you, go correct him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Matthew 21:22

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

Luke 7:3-4

So [when he] heard about Jesus, he sent Jewish elders to him, asking him that he would come [and] cure his slave.

Luke 9:6

So they departed [and] went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.

Luke 18:1-8

And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged,

Acts 4:24-31

And [when they] heard [it], they lifted [their] voices with one mind to God and said, "Master, you [are] the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them,

Acts 10:38

Jesus of Nazareth--how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

Acts 12:5-11

Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.

Romans 5:19

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

Colossians 1:9

Because of this also we, from the day we heard about [it], did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled [with] the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,

1 Thessalonians 5:17

pray constantly,

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brothers, pray for us.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 12:13

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a good conscience, [and] want to conduct ourselves commendably in every [way].

1 Peter 2:24

who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that [we] may die to sins [and] live to righteousness, by whose wounds you were healed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

General references

Bible References

Confess

Genesis 41:9
Then the chief of the cupbearers spoke with Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my sins today.
2 Samuel 19:19
and he said to the king, "May not my lord hold me guilty, and may you not remember how your servant did wrong on the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem, by taking it to heart!
Matthew 3:6
and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River [as they] confessed their sins.
Matthew 18:15
"Now if your brother sins against you, go correct him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
Luke 7:3
So [when he] heard about Jesus, he sent Jewish elders to him, asking him that he would come [and] cure his slave.
Acts 19:18
And many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their practices,

The effectual

Genesis 18:23
And Abraham drew near [to Yahweh] and said, "Will you also sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 19:29
So it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
Genesis 20:7
So now, return the wife of the man, for he [is] a prophet, so that he will pray for you and you will live. And {if you do not return her}, know that you will certainly die, and all that [are] yours."
Genesis 32:28
And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."
Exodus 9:28
Pray to Yahweh. The thunder of God and hail {are enough}, and I will release you, and {you will no longer have to stay}."
Exodus 17:11
And when Moses raised his hand, Israel would prevail, but when he rested his hand, Amalek would prevail.
Exodus 32:10
And now leave me [alone] so that {my anger may blaze} against them, and let me destroy them, and I will make you into a great nation."
Numbers 11:2
Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire died down.
Numbers 14:13
And Moses said to Yahweh, "Then the Egyptians will hear that you brought up this people from their midst in your power,
Numbers 21:7
The people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh and let him remove the snakes from among us." So Moses prayed for the people.
Deuteronomy 9:18
And [then] I lay prostrate {before} Yahweh, as earlier, forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food and I did not drink water because of all your sins that you committed, by doing evil in the eyes of Yahweh [and so] provoking him.
Joshua 10:12
Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh, on the day Yahweh gave the Amorites over to the {Israelites}, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun in Gibeon, stand still, and moon, in the valley of Aijalon."
1 Samuel 12:18
So Samuel called out to Yahweh, and Yahweh brought thunder and rain that [same] day, so all the people feared Yahweh and Samuel greatly.
1 Kings 13:6
Then the king responded and said to the man of God, "Please entreat the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me that my hand may return to me." So the man of God entreated the face of Yahweh, and the hand of the king returned to him, as it was in the beginning.
1 Kings 17:18
She said to Elijah, "{What do you have against me}, O man of God, [that] you have come to me to make known my guilt and to cause my son to die?"
2 Kings 4:33
He went and closed the door behind the two of them and prayed to Yahweh.
2 Kings 19:15
Then Hezekiah prayed before the face of Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh, God of Israel who lives [above] the cherubim. You [are] God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the world; you have made the heavens and the earth.
2 Kings 20:2
Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh, saying,
2 Chronicles 14:11
Then Asa cried out to Yahweh his God. And he said, "O Yahweh, there is none with you to help between the great and the powerless. Help us, O Yahweh our God, for we rely upon you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Yahweh, you [are] our God! Let no man prevail against you!"
2 Chronicles 32:20
Then King Hezekiah and Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed concerning this. And they cried to the heavens.
Job 42:8
{So then}, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will pray for you, for {I will certainly accept his prayer}, so that it will not be done with you [according to your] folly, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has]."
Psalm 10:17
[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}
Psalm 34:15
The eyes of Yahweh [are] toward [the] righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.
Psalm 145:18
Yahweh [is] near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
Proverbs 28:9
He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then Yahweh said to me, "[Even] if Moses and Samuel stood {before me}, my heart [would] not [be] to this people. Send [them] away from my {sight}, and let them go out.
Jeremiah 29:12
Then [when] you call me, and you come and pray to me, then I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 33:3
'Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great [things] and inaccessible [things that] you have not known.'
Daniel 2:18
and [told them] to seek mercy {from the God of heaven} concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions, along with the remainder of the wise men of Babylon, would not be killed.
Daniel 9:20
Now I [was] still speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea {before} Yahweh my God, on behalf {of the holy mountain of my God}.
Hosea 12:3
In the womb he deceived his brother, and in his manhood he struggled with God.
Matthew 7:7
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.
Matthew 21:22
And whatever you ask in prayer, [if you] believe, you will receive."
Luke 11:11
But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?
Luke 18:1
And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged,
John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.
Acts 4:24
And [when they] heard [it], they lifted [their] voices with one mind to God and said, "Master, you [are] the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them,
Acts 12:5
Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.
1 John 3:22
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do [what is] pleasing {in his sight}.

A righteous

Romans 3:10
just as it is written, "[There] is no one righteous, not even one;
Romans 5:19
For just as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one, the many will be made righteous.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead.

General references

Genesis 20:17
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants so that they [could] bear children [again].
Exodus 8:12
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to Yahweh over the matter of the frogs that he had brought on Pharaoh.
Exodus 17:11
And when Moses raised his hand, Israel would prevail, but when he rested his hand, Amalek would prevail.
Amos 7:3
Yahweh relented concerning this. "It will not be," said Yahweh.
Matthew 21:22
And whatever you ask in prayer, [if you] believe, you will receive."
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