James 5:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:29

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

Matthew 21:22

Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.” The Authority of Jesus Questioned.

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if one is devout and does his will, he listens to him.

Psalm 34:15

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you great things beyond the reach of your knowledge.

1 John 3:22

and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

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 of those who had become believers came forward and openly acknowledged their former practices.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray without ceasing.

Job 42:8

So now take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves, and let my servant Job pray for you. To him I will show favor, and not punish your folly, for you have not spoken rightly concerning me, as has my servant Job.”

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;

Proverbs 28:9

Those who turn their ears from hearing instruction, even their prayer is an abomination.

2 Chronicles 30:20

The Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

Numbers 11:2

But when the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died out.

Hebrews 12:13

Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed. Penalties of Disobedience.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brothers, pray for us [too].

Matthew 3:6

and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are confident that we have a clear conscience, wishing to act rightly in every respect.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, warned about what was not yet seen, with reverence built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through this he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes through faith.

Romans 5:19

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

Romans 3:10

as it is written: “There is no one just, not one,

Joshua 10:12

It was then, when the Lord delivered up the Amorites to the Israelites, that Joshua prayed to the Lord, and said in the presence of Israel: Sun, stand still at Gibeon, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon!

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks.

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Genesis 19:29

When God destroyed the cities of the Plain, he remembered Abraham and sent Lot away from the upheaval that occurred when God overthrew the cities where Lot had been living. Moabites and Ammonites.

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them away from me and let them go.

1 Kings 13:6

Then the king said to the man of God, “Entreat the Lord, your God, and intercede for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored as it was before.

Genesis 32:28

“What is your name?” the man asked. He answered, “Jacob.”

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.

1 Samuel 12:18

Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day. Assistance Promised. Then all the people feared the Lord and Samuel.

Exodus 17:11

As long as Moses kept his hands raised up, Israel had the better of the fight, but when he let his hands rest, Amalek had the better of the fight.

Exodus 9:33

When Moses had left Pharaoh and gone out of the city, he extended his hands to the Lord. The thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down upon the earth.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:9

Therefore, from the day we heard this, we do not cease praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding

Luke 9:6

Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and curing diseases everywhere. Herod’s Opinion of Jesus.

2 Samuel 19:19

They crossed over the ford to bring the king’s household over and to do whatever he wished. When Shimei, son of Gera, crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king

1 Samuel 12:17

Are we not in the harvest time for wheat? Yet I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. Thus you will see and understand how great an evil it is in the eyes of the Lord that you have asked for a king.”

Jeremiah 42:2

approached Jeremiah the prophet and said, “Please grant our petition; pray for us to the Lord, your God, for all this remnant. As you see, only a few of us remain, but once we were many.

Mark 1:5

People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins.

Acts 8:24

Simon said in reply, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

1 Samuel 1:12

As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli watched her mouth,