James 5:16

The Effective Prayer Of Faith

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; even if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him. ¹⁶ Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much. ¹⁷ Elijah was a man of like nature with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months;

Good Man

Pray for

Pray for One Another

Prayer of a Righteous Man

Righteous Man

Righteous One

Sin

John 9:31

We know that God heareth not sinners; but if any one is a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

Matthew 3:6

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

Luke 11:11-13

And what father is there, among you, who, if his son ask for bread, will give him a stone? or if he ask for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?

Acts 19:18

And many of the believers came, confessing and declaring their practices.

Romans 3:10

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

1 John 3:22

and whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

Matthew 7:7-11

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

Matthew 18:15-17

Moreover, if thy brother sin, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he listen to thee, thou hast gained thy brother;

Matthew 21:22

And all things whatever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye will receive.

Luke 7:3-4

And having heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, and besought him to come and save his servant.

Luke 9:6

And they departed, and went through the towns publishing the glad tidings, and performing cures everywhere.

Luke 18:1-8

And he spoke a parable to them to show that they ought to pray always, and not be fainthearted:

Acts 4:24-31

And on hearing it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art he that made heaven and earth and sea, and all things that are in them;

Acts 10:38

relating to Jesus of Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were overpowered by the Devil; for God was with him.

Acts 12:5-11

Peter therefore was kept guarded in prison; but earnest prayer was made by the church to God in his behalf.

Romans 5:19

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

Colossians 1:9

On this account we also, from the day we heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray without ceasing;

1 Thessalonians 5:23

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved whole, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brethren, pray for us.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received testimony that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it though dead he yet speaketh.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Hebrews 12:13

and make straight paths for your feet, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring in all things to conduct ourselves well;

1 Peter 2:24

who himself bore our sins in his own body on the cross, that we, having died to our sins, should live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.