James 5:16

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

Romans 3:10

Romans 5:19

Hebrews 11:4

General references

Matthew 21:22

Bible References

Confess

and confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

When he heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.

Many also of those who believed now came, confessing and disclosing their practices.

The effectual

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

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

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

Then he told them a parable, to show that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.

And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God together and said, "Sovereign Lord, it is you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them,

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

A righteous

As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one;

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

By faith Abel offered God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his gifts. And through faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

General references

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