Holy BibleKing James Version

James 5:16 KJV

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

James 5:16, King James Version

In context

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

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Cross-references

  • Jeremiah 29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
  • Proverbs 15:29 The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
  • Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
  • Psalms 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
  • John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.