James 5:16

Modern English Version

Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:29

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

Matthew 21:22

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

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners. But if anyone is a worshipper of God and does His will, He hears him.

Psalm 34:15

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

1 Peter 2:24

He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. “By His wounds you were healed.”

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.

1 John 3:22

And whatever we ask, we will receive from 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 who believed came confessing and telling their deeds.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray without ceasing.

Job 42:8

And now, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job will pray for you. For him I will accept, lest I deal with you according to your folly, in that you have not spoken of Me the thing which is right like My servant Job.”

Genesis 20:17

So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children.

Proverbs 28:9

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

2 Chronicles 30:20

So the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

Numbers 11:2

And the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched.

Hebrews 12:13

Make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame go out of joint, but rather be healed.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brothers, pray for us.

Matthew 3:6

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

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us. For we trust that we have a good conscience and in all things are willing to live honestly.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being divinely warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to save his family, by which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Romans 5:19

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

Romans 3:10

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

Joshua 10:12

On the day the Lord gave over the Amorites to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord and said in full view of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon; and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain offered. Through this he was approved as righteous, with God testifying concerning his gifts. He still speaks through his faith, though he is dead.

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Genesis 19:29

So it was that when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the destruction, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, yet My heart would not be with this people. Cast them out of My sight and let them go!

1 Kings 13:6

The king said to the man of God, “Seek the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand will be healed.” And the man of God interceded with the Lord, and the king’s hand was healed and became as it was before.

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no more be called Jacob, but Israel. For you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Genesis 20:7

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

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel called to the Lord. And the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

Exodus 17:11

Now when Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

Exodus 9:33

So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was no longer poured upon the earth.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the very God of peace sanctify you completely. And I pray to God that your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Luke 9:6

So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

2 Samuel 19:19

and he said to the king, “Do not regard me as guilty, my lord, or remember how your servant went astray the day when my lord the king went out from Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

1 Samuel 12:17

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord. And He will send thunder and rain, that you may know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, by asking for yourselves a king.”

Jeremiah 42:2

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few out of many, as your eyes now see us.

Mark 1:5

The whole region of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

Acts 8:24

Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me that nothing you have spoken may come upon me.”

1 Samuel 1:12

And as she was praying before the Lord, Eli watched her mouth.