James 5:16

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.

Cross References (50)

  • Jeremiah 29:12–13 (106)

    Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

  • Proverbs 15:29 (95)

    The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

  • Matthew 21:22 (85)

    If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

  • Psalms 34:15 (77)

    The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

  • John 9:31 (72)

    We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

  • Jeremiah 33:3 (56)

    Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

  • Psalms 145:18–19 (55)

    The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

  • 1 Peter 2:24 (53)

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes

  • Matthew 7:7–11 (52)

    Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

  • 1 John 3:22 (49)

    and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

  • Daniel 9:20–22 (44)

    While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LOR

  • Proverbs 15:8 (40)

    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

  • Acts 19:18 (38)

    Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

  • Luke 11:11–13 (36)

    What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

  • Psalms 10:17–18 (34)

    You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (31)

    Pray without ceasing.

  • Job 42:8 (30)

    So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My se

  • Genesis 20:17 (30)

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

  • Proverbs 28:9 (29)

    Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:20 (28)

    And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

  • Numbers 11:2 (27)

    And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

  • Matthew 3:6 (26)

    Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

  • Hebrews 12:13 (25)

    Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

  • Genesis 18:23–32 (25)

    Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:25 (24)

    Brothers, pray for us as well.

  • 2 Kings 20:2–5 (24)

    Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

  • 2 Kings 4:33–35 (22)

    So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

  • Romans 3:10 (22)

    As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

  • Luke 18:1–8 (22)

    Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

  • Acts 12:5–11 (22)

    So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

  • Exodus 9:28–29 (21)

    Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any lo

  • Acts 10:38 (21)

    how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing

  • Hebrews 11:7 (21)

    By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemn

  • Hebrews 13:18 (20)

    Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

  • 1 Kings 13:6 (20)

    Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restore

  • Hebrews 11:4 (20)

    By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approva

  • Romans 5:19 (20)

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

  • Genesis 20:7 (20)

    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

  • Acts 4:24–31 (20)

    When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You mad

  • 2 Chronicles 14:11–12 (20)

    Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. H

  • 2 Kings 19:15–20 (19)

    And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all

  • Matthew 18:15–17 (19)

    If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

  • Luke 7:3–4 (19)

    When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.

  • Joshua 10:12 (19)

    On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “

  • Daniel 2:18–23 (19)

    urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not

  • Numbers 21:7–9 (19)

    Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the

  • Genesis 32:28 (19)

    Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and

  • Jeremiah 15:1 (19)

    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

  • 1 Kings 17:18–24 (19)

    “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause

  • Exodus 32:10–14 (19)

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