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.
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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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.
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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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.
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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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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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.
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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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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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.
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].
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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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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Proverbs 28:9
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9 God detests the prayers
of a person who ignores the law.
2 Chronicles 30:20
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20 And the Lord listened to Hezekiah’s prayer and healed the people.
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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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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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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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Genesis 18:23-32
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23 Abraham approached him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked? 24 Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes? 25 Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
26 And the Lord replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”
27 Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes. 28 Suppose there are only forty-five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?”
And the Lord said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five righteous people there.”
29 Then Abraham pressed his request further. “Suppose there are only forty?”
And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the forty.”
30 “Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded. “Let me speak—suppose only thirty righteous people are found?”
And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it if I find thirty.”
31 Then Abraham said, “Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue—suppose there are only twenty?”
And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”
32 Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?”
And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
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