James 5:16

God's Word

So admit your sins to each other, and pray for each other so that you will be healed. Prayers offered by those who have God’s approval are effective.

Cross References

Genesis 19:29

When God destroyed the cities on the plain, he remembered Abraham. Lot was allowed to escape from the destruction that came to the cities where he was living.

Genesis 20:17

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

Genesis 20:7

Give the man’s wife back to him now, because he’s a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don’t give her back, you and all who belong to you are doomed to die.”

Genesis 32:28

The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob but Israel [He Struggles With God], because you have struggled with God and with men—and you have won.”

2 Samuel 19:19

He pleaded with the king, “Don’t remember the crime I committed the day you left Jerusalem. Don’t hold it against me or even think about it, Your Majesty.

1 Kings 13:6

Then the king asked the man of God, “Please make an appeal to the Lord your God, and pray for me so that I can use my arm again.” So the man of God made an appeal to the Lord, and the king was able to use his arm again, as he had earlier.

2 Chronicles 30:20

The Lord listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.

Job 42:8

So take seven young bulls and seven rams. Go to my servant Job, and make a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you. Then I will accept his prayer not to treat you as godless fools. After all, you didn’t speak what is right about me as my servant Job has done.”

Psalm 34:15

The Lord’s eyes are on righteous people. His ears hear their cry for help.

Exodus 17:11

As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel would win, but as soon as he put his hands down, the Amalekites would start to win.

Exodus 9:33

As soon as he left Pharaoh and went out of the city, Moses spread out his hands to the Lord in prayer. The thunder and the hail stopped, and no more rain came pouring down on the ground.

Proverbs 15:29

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

Proverbs 15:8

A sacrifice brought by wicked people is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayers of decent people please him.

Proverbs 28:9

Surely the prayer of someone who refuses to listen to ⌞God’s⌟ teachings is disgusting.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send them away from me, and let them go.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you great and mysterious things that you do not know.

Jeremiah 42:2

They said to him, “Please listen to our request, and pray to the Lord your God for all of us who are left here. As you can see, there are only a few of us left.

Numbers 11:2

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

Matthew 21:22

Have faith that you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Matthew 3:6

As they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.

Mark 1:5

All Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went to him. As they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.

Luke 9:6

The apostles went from village to village, told the Good News, and cured the sick everywhere.

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners. Instead, he listens to people who are devout and who do what he wants.

Acts 10:38

You know that God anointed Jesus from Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Jesus went everywhere and did good things, such as healing everyone who was under the devil’s power. Jesus did these things because God was with him.

Acts 19:18

Many believers openly admitted their involvement with magical spells and told all the details.

Acts 8:24

Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me that none of the things you said will happen to me.”

Romans 3:10

as Scripture says, “Not one person has God’s approval.

Romans 5:19

Clearly, through one person’s disobedience humanity became sinful, and through one person’s obedience humanity will receive God’s approval.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we have not stopped praying for you since the day we heard about you. We ask ⌞God⌟ to fill you with the knowledge of his will through every kind of spiritual wisdom and insight.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Never stop praying.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God who gives peace make you holy in every way. May he keep your whole being—spirit, soul, and body—blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brothers and sisters, pray for us.

Hebrews 11:4

Faith led Abel to offer God a better sacrifice than Cain’s sacrifice. Through his faith Abel received God’s approval, since God accepted his sacrifices. Through his faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:7

Faith led Noah to listen when God warned him about the things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a ship to save his family. Through faith Noah condemned the world and received God’s approval that comes through faith.

Hebrews 12:13

Keep walking along straight paths so that your injured leg won’t get worse. Instead, let it heal.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us. We are sure that our consciences are clear because we want to live honorably in every way.

Joshua 10:12

The day the Lord handed the Amorites over to the people of Israel, Joshua spoke to the Lord while Israel was watching, “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and moon, stand still over the valley of Aijalon!”

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so that freed from our sins, we could live a life that has God’s approval. His wounds have healed you.

1 John 3:22

and receive from him anything we ask. We receive it because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.

1 Samuel 1:12

While Hannah was praying a long time in front of the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

1 Samuel 12:17

Isn’t the wheat being harvested today? I will call on the Lord, and he’ll send thunder and rain. Then you will realize what a wicked thing you did in the Lord’s presence when you asked for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:18

Then Samuel called on the Lord. That day the Lord sent thunder and rain so that all the people feared the Lord and Samuel very much.