James 5:16
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16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
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Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
Proverbs 15:29
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29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
but he hears the prayers of the righteous.
John 9:31
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31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.
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Matthew 21:22
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22 You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
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1 Peter 2:24
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24 He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
and live for what is right.
By his wounds
you are healed.
Psalm 34:15
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15 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;
his ears are open to their cries for help.
Jeremiah 33:3
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3 Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.
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1 John 3:22
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22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.
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Matthew 7:7-11
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Effective Prayer
7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? 10 Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! 11 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
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Daniel 9:20-22
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Gabriel’s Message about the Anointed One
20 I went on praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, pleading with the Lord my God for Jerusalem, his holy mountain. 21 As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 He explained to me, “Daniel, I have come here to give you insight and understanding.
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Psalm 145:18-19
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18 The Lord is close to all who call on him,
yes, to all who call on him in truth.
19 He grants the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cries for help and rescues them.
Acts 19:18
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18 Many who became believers confessed their sinful practices.
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Luke 11:11-13
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11 “You fathers—if your children ask[a] for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? 12 Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! 13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”
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- 11:11 Some manuscripts add for bread, do you give them a stone? Or [if they ask].
Proverbs 15:8
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8 The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked,
but he delights in the prayers of the upright.
Psalm 10:17-18
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17 Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
18 You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,
so mere people can no longer terrify them.
1 Thessalonians 5:17
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17 Never stop praying.
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Job 42:8
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8 So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.”
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Numbers 11:2
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2 Then the people screamed to Moses for help, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped.
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Genesis 20:17
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17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children.
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Hebrews 12:13
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13 Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.
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Luke 18:1-8
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Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. 2 “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. 3 A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’ 4 The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, 5 but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”
6 Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. 7 Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man[a] returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”
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- 18:8 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Matthew 3:6
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6 And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.
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Proverbs 28:9
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9 God detests the prayers
of a person who ignores the law.
2 Kings 20:2-5
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2 When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Remember, O Lord, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
4 But before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard,[a] this message came to him from the Lord: 5 “Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the Lord.
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- 20:4 As in Greek version and an alternate reading in the Masoretic Text; the other alternate reads the middle of the city.
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