1 John 5:16

New American Bible - revised edition

If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray.

Cross References

Genesis 20:17

Abraham then interceded with God, and God restored health to Abimelech, to his wife, and his maidservants, so that they bore children;

Genesis 20:7

So now, return the man’s wife so that he may intercede for you, since he is a prophet, that you may live. If you do not return her, you can be sure that you and all who are yours will die.

Psalm 106:23

He would have decreed their destruction, had not Moses, his chosen one, Withstood him in the breach to turn back his destroying anger.

Exodus 34:9

Then he said, “If I find favor with you, Lord, please, Lord, come along in our company. This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and claim us as your own.” Religious Laws.

Jeremiah 11:14

Now, you must not intercede for this people; do not raise on their behalf a cry or prayer! I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their disaster.

Jeremiah 14:11

Then the Lord said to me: Do not intercede for the well-being of this people.

Jeremiah 7:16

You, now, must not intercede for this people! Do not raise a cry or prayer in their behalf! Do not press me, for I will not listen to you!

Ezekiel 22:30

Thus I have searched among them for someone who would build a wall or stand in the breach before me to keep me from destroying the land; but I found no one.

Numbers 12:13

Then Moses cried to the Lord, “Please, not this! Please, heal her!”

Numbers 15:30

But anyone who acts defiantly, whether a native or an alien, reviles the Lord, and shall be cut off from among the people.

Luke 12:10

“Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

John 17:9

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours,

2 Timothy 4:14

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

1 John 5:17

All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly.

1 Samuel 12:19

They said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants, that we may not die for having added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 2:25

If someone sins against another, anyone can intercede for the sinner with the Lord; but if anyone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for the sinner?” But they disregarded their father’s warning, since the Lord wanted them dead.