1 John 5:16

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.

Cross References (30)

  • Hebrews 6:4–6 (28)

    It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Hol

  • 1 Samuel 2:25 (22)

    If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for

  • Jeremiah 11:14 (21)

    As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening

  • Hebrews 10:26–31 (20)

    If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remain

  • Mark 3:28–30 (20)

    Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.

  • Luke 12:10 (17)

    And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit w

  • Matthew 12:31–32 (15)

    Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be for

  • 2 Peter 2:20–22 (14)

    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only

  • Jeremiah 14:11 (13)

    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.

  • Jeremiah 7:16 (13)

    As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will

  • James 5:14–15 (12)

    Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of

  • Exodus 34:9 (11)

    “O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-nec

  • Numbers 15:30 (10)

    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from

  • Exodus 32:10–14 (10)

    Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

  • Genesis 20:17 (9)

    Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear ch

  • Jeremiah 18:18–21 (9)

    Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to

  • Genesis 20:7 (9)

    Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, b

  • John 17:9 (8)

    I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours

  • Psalms 106:23 (8)

    So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from de

  • Exodus 32:31–32 (8)

    So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold f

  • Job 42:7–9 (8)

    After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your

  • 2 Chronicles 30:18–20 (8)

    A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they at

  • Jeremiah 15:1–2 (8)

    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Se

  • Amos 7:1–3 (8)

    This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late sprin

  • Deuteronomy 9:18–20 (7)

    Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or d

  • Numbers 12:13 (7)

    So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

  • Numbers 14:11–21 (6)

    And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in M

  • Numbers 16:26–32 (6)

    And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to

  • Ezekiel 22:30 (6)

    I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I shoul

  • 2 Timothy 4:14 (5)

    Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.