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 remember my faults.

and said to him, “My lord, don’t hold me guilty, and don’t remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

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

“If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and save the life of his slave.

And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,

The effectual

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

So it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the middle of the upheaval when He demolished the cities where Lot had lived.

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”

“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” He said. “It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Make an appeal to Yahweh. There has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t need to stay any longer.”

While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed.

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

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

But Moses replied to the Lord, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from them.

The people then came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you. Intercede with the Lord so that He will take the snakes away from us.” And Moses interceded for the people.

Then I fell down like the first time in the presence of the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights; I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you committed, doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and provoking Him to anger.

On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

Samuel called on the Lord, and on that day the Lord sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Plead for the favor of the Lord your God and pray for me so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God pleaded for the favor of the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it had been at first.

She said to Elijah, “Man of God, what do we have in common? Have you come to remind me of my guilt and to kill my son?”

So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the Lord.

Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord:

Lord God of Israel who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are God—You alone—of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God: “Lord, there is no one besides You to help the mighty and those without strength. Help us, Lord our God, for we depend on You, and in Your name we have come against this large army. Yahweh, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal hinder You.”

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

Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.”

Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their hearts.
You will listen carefully,

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and His ears are open to their cry for help.

The Lord is near all who call out to Him,
all who call out to Him with integrity.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law—
even his prayer is detestable.

Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.

urging them to ask the God of heaven for mercy concerning this mystery, so Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.

While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before Yahweh my God concerning the holy mountain of my God—

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,
and as an adult he wrestled with God.

“Keep asking,

and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

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

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

He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.

When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, “Master, You are the One who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.

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

and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.

A righteous

as it is written:

There is no one righteous, not even one.

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

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

General references

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could bear children,

After Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the Lord for help concerning the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed.

The Lord relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” He said.

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