James 5:16

New Century Version

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so God can heal you. When a believing person prays, great things happen.

Cross References

Genesis 19:29

God destroyed the cities in the valley, but he remembered what Abraham had asked. So God saved Lot’s life, but he destroyed the city where Lot had lived.

Genesis 20:17

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his servant girls so they could have children.

Genesis 20:7

Give Abraham his wife back. He is a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will not die. But if you do not give Sarah back, you and all your family will surely die.”

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with people, and you have won.”

2 Samuel 19:19

He said to the king, “My master, don’t hold me guilty. Don’t remember the wrong I did when you left Jerusalem! Don’t hold it against me.

1 Kings 13:6

Then the king said to the man of God, “Please pray to the Lord your God for me, and ask him to heal my arm.” So the man of God prayed to the Lord, and the king’s arm was healed, becoming as it was before.

2 Chronicles 30:20

The Lord listened to Hezekiah’s prayer, and he healed the people.

Job 42:8

Now take seven bulls and seven male sheep, and go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will listen to his prayer. Then I will not punish you for being foolish. You have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job did.”

Psalm 34:15

The Lord sees the good people and listens to their prayers.

Exodus 17:11

As long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win the fight, but when Moses put his hands down, the Amalekites would win.

Exodus 9:33

Moses left the king and went outside the city. He raised his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and hail stopped. The rain also stopped falling to the ground.

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord does not listen to the wicked, but he hears the prayers of those who do right.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the sacrifice that the wicked offer, but he likes the prayers of honest people.

Proverbs 28:9

If you refuse to obey what you have been taught, your prayers will not be heard.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: “I would not feel sorry for the people of Judah even if Moses and Samuel prayed for them. Send them away from me! Tell them to go!

Jeremiah 33:3

‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets you have never heard before.’

Jeremiah 42:2

They said to him, “Jeremiah, please listen to what we ask. Pray to the Lord your God for all the people left alive from the family of Judah. At one time there were many of us, but you can see that there are few of us now.

Numbers 11:2

The people cried out to Moses, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped burning.

Matthew 21:22

If you believe, you will get anything you ask for in prayer.”

Matthew 3:6

They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.

Mark 1:5

All the people from Judea and Jerusalem were going out to him. They confessed their sins and were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Luke 9:6

So the apostles went out and traveled through all the towns, preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.

John 9:31

We all know that God does not listen to sinners, but he listens to anyone who worships and obeys him.

Acts 10:38

You know about Jesus from Nazareth, that God gave him the Holy Spirit and power. You know how Jesus went everywhere doing good and healing those who were ruled by the devil, because God was with him.

Acts 19:18

Many of the believers began to confess openly and tell all the evil things they had done.

Acts 8:24

Simon answered, “Both of you pray for me to the Lord so the things you have said will not happen to me.”

Romans 3:10

As the Scriptures say: “There is no one who always does what is right, not even one.

Romans 5:19

One man disobeyed God, and many became sinners. In the same way, one man obeyed God, and many will be made right.

Colossians 1:9

Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we have continued praying for you, asking God that you will know fully what he wants. We pray that you will also have great wisdom and understanding in spiritual things

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray continually,

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may God himself, the God of peace, make you pure, belonging only to him. May your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—be kept safe and without fault when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brothers and sisters, pray for us.

Hebrews 11:4

It was by faith that Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. God said he was pleased with the gifts Abel offered and called Abel a good man because of his faith. Abel died, but through his faith he is still speaking.

Hebrews 11:7

It was by faith that Noah heard God’s warnings about things he could not yet see. He obeyed God and built a large boat to save his family. By his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong, and he became one of those who are made right with God through faith.

Hebrews 12:13

Keep on the right path, so the weak will not stumble but rather be strengthened.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience, because we always want to do the right thing.

Joshua 10:12

On the day that the Lord gave up the Amorites to the Israelites, Joshua stood before all the people of Israel and said to the Lord: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon. Moon, stand still over the Valley of Aijalon.”

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so we would stop living for sin and start living for what is right. And you are healed because of his wounds.

1 John 3:22

And God gives us what we ask for because we obey God’s commands and do what pleases him.

1 Samuel 1:12

While Hannah kept praying, Eli watched her mouth.

1 Samuel 12:17

It is now the time of the wheat harvest. I will pray for the Lord to send thunder and rain. Then you will know what an evil thing you did against the Lord when you asked for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:18

Then Samuel prayed to the Lord, and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So the people were very afraid of the Lord and Samuel.