James 5:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ For this reason, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous person is powerful in what it can achieve.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.

James 5:16 Cross References

Proverbs 15:29

The LORD is far from the wicked: But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Matthew 21:22

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

John 9:31

We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, And his ears are open unto their cry.

1 Peter 2:24

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will shew thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

1 John 3:22

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

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Acts 19:18

Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

pray without ceasing;

Job 42:8

Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Genesis 20:17

And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

Proverbs 28:9

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

2 Chronicles 30:20

And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

Numbers 11:2

And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the LORD, and the fire abated.

Hebrews 12:13

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

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brethren, pray for us.

Matthew 3:6

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

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honestly in all things.

Hebrews 11:7

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

Romans 5:19

For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous.

Romans 3:10

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

Joshua 10:12

Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

Acts 10:38

even Jesus of Nazareth, how that God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Genesis 19:29

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

1 Kings 13:6

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the favour of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

Genesis 32:28

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Genesis 20:7

Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

Exodus 17:11

And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

Exodus 9:33

And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

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

Colossians 1:9

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Luke 9:6

And they departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere.

2 Samuel 19:19

And he said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

1 Samuel 12:17

Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the LORD, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

Jeremiah 42:2

and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:

Mark 1:5

And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Acts 8:24

And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.

1 Samuel 1:12

And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.