17 Then (A)Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.

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17 Then Abraham prayed to God,(A) and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again,

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16 Therefore, (A)confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, (B)that you may be healed. (C)The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:16 Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power

16 Therefore confess your sins(A) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.(B) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.(C)

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(A)do not be anxious about anything, (B)but in everything by prayer and supplication (C)with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

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Do not be anxious about anything,(A) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.(B)

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25 (A)Brothers, pray for us.

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25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us.(A)

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22 And (A)whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, (B)if you have faith.”

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22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for(A) in prayer.”

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Ask, Seek, Knock(A)

“Ask and it will be given to you;(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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11 Thus says (A)the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
(B)“Ask me of things to come;
    will you command me (C)concerning my children and (D)the work of my hands?[a]

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  1. Isaiah 45:11 A slight emendation yields will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?

11 “This is what the Lord says—
    the Holy One(A) of Israel, and its Maker:(B)
Concerning things to come,
    do you question me about my children,
    or give me orders about the work of my hands?(C)

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(A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
    but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

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The Lord detests the sacrifice(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.(C)

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(A)So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job's prayer.

The Lord Restores Job's Fortunes

10 And the Lord (B)restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job (C)twice as much as he had before.

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So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite(A) did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.(B)

10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes(C) and gave him twice as much as he had before.(D)

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10 that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven (A)and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

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10 so that they may offer sacrifices pleasing to the God of heaven and pray for the well-being of the king and his sons.(A)

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11 (A)They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. (B)The hand of God was very heavy there. 12 The men who did not die were struck with (C)tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

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11 So they called together all the rulers(A) of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it[a] will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it. 12 Those who did not die(B) were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

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  1. 1 Samuel 5:11 Or he

Jacob's Children

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was (A)hated, (B)he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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Jacob’s Children

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,(A) he enabled her to conceive,(B) but Rachel remained childless.

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Now then, return the man's wife, (A)for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you (B)and all who are yours.”

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Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet,(A) and he will pray for you(B) and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.”(C)

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