James 5:16

The Effective Prayer Of Faith

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up -- and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. ¹⁶ So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. ¹⁷ Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

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Pray for One Another

Prayer of a Righteous Man

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Genesis 20:17

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

Psalm 34:15

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

Numbers 11:2

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

John 9:31

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

Genesis 18:23-32

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

1 Kings 13:6

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.

2 Kings 19:15-20

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.

2 Kings 20:2-5

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

Job 42:8

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."

Psalm 10:17-18

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

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Matthew 3:6

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

Luke 11:11-13

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

Acts 19:18

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

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 the things that are pleasing to him.

Genesis 19:29

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.

Genesis 20:7

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."

Genesis 32:28

"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."

Genesis 41:9-10

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

Exodus 9:28-29

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

Exodus 9:33

So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain stopped pouring on the earth.

Exodus 17:11

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

Exodus 32:10-14

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."

Numbers 14:13-20

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

Numbers 21:7-9

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.

Deuteronomy 9:18-20

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.

Joshua 10:12

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!"

1 Samuel 12:18

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.

2 Samuel 19:19

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!

1 Kings 17:18-24

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

2 Kings 4:33-35

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

2 Chronicles 14:11-12

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!"

2 Chronicles 30:20

The Lord responded favorably to Hezekiah and forgave the people.

2 Chronicles 32:20-22

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

Psalm 145:18-19

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

Proverbs 15:8

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

Proverbs 28:9

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

Jeremiah 15:1

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!

Jeremiah 29:12-13

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

Jeremiah 33:3

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.'

Daniel 2:18-23

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.

Daniel 9:20-22

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 --

Hosea 12:3-4

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

Matthew 7:7-11

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

Matthew 18:15-17

"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.

Matthew 21:22

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

Luke 7:3-4

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

Luke 9:6

Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

Luke 18:1-8

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

Acts 4:24-31

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,

Acts 10:38

with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

Acts 12:5-11

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

Romans 5:19

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.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

1 Thessalonians 5:17

constantly pray,

1 Thessalonians 5:23

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

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brothers and sisters, pray for us too.

Hebrews 11:4

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.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned 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 may not be put out of joint but be healed.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.