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 is verse of the day number 210 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “Pray for one another”. It comes from James 5, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
James 5:16 in other translations
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
American Standard Version (ASV)
James 5:16 in context
James 5:13–19 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15And 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.
16Confess 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.
17Elias 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.
18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Cross-references for James 5:16
Passages most often linked to James 5:16, strongest connections first.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? …
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
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