James 5:16

New English Translation

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.

Cross References

Genesis 19:29

So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

Genesis 20:17

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

Genesis 20:7

But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don’t give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you.”

Genesis 32:28

“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, “but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”

2 Samuel 19:19

He said to the king, “Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind!

1 Kings 13:6

The king pled with the prophet, “Seek the favor of the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition.

2 Chronicles 30:20

The Lord responded favorably to Hezekiah and forgave the people.

Job 42:8

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”

Psalm 34:15

The Lord pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.

Exodus 17:11

Whenever Moses would raise his hands, then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest his hands, then Amalek prevailed.

Exodus 9:33

So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain stopped pouring on the earth.

Proverbs 15:29

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

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

Proverbs 28:9

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

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!

Jeremiah 33:3

‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.’

Jeremiah 42:2

They said to him, “Please grant our request and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.

Numbers 11:2

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

Matthew 21:22

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

Matthew 3:6

and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

Mark 1:5

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

Luke 9:6

Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

Acts 10:38

with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

Acts 19:18

Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.

Acts 8:24

But Simon replied, “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”

Romans 3:10

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

Romans 5:19

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

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

1 Thessalonians 5:17

constantly pray,

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brothers and sisters, pray for us too.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 12:13

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

Joshua 10:12

The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.

1 John 3:22

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

1 Samuel 1:12

As she continued praying to the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

1 Samuel 12:17

Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the Lord so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the Lord by asking for a king for yourselves.”

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.