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James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
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Prayer and Character and Conduct
... prayer of the righteous man which availeth much." Indeed, one may go further and
assert, that it is only the prayer of the righteous which avails anything at ...
/.../bounds/the necessity of prayer/viii prayer and character and.htm

"And Watch unto Prayer. "
... Command, ask of me, and command me, says the high and holy One, Isaiah 45:11. O
but "the effectual fervent prayer" of the righteous avails much, 1 James v.16. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xxi and watch unto.htm

Thirtieth Lesson. An Holy Priesthood;'
... will have power to pray the effectual prayer of the righteous man that ... power to appear
before the Father, and in the prayer that avails much bring down ...
/.../with christ in the school of prayer/thirtieth lesson an holy priesthood.htm

Whether a Man Can Merit the First Grace for Another
... effectual, according to James 5:16: "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth ... On the first point: the faith of some avails for the healing ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature and grace/article six whether a man.htm

Eighth Lesson. Because of his Importunity;'
... that we may count on His friendliness; the righteous man who ... a friend Who would help
me, my prayer will be ... we know not how much the plea avails: the friendship ...
/.../murray/with christ in the school of prayer/eighth lesson because of his.htm

The Word of Jesus on Prayer.
... a fortiori, of the way of the All-righteous. ... and generally so delicate, answers to
prayer would naturally ... got that way is of little value; it avails nothing to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken sermons/the word of jesus on.htm

A Discourse of Mercifulness
... This is like physic used in a desperate case and often it recovers the sick patient.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much' (James 5:16). ...
/.../15 a discourse of mercifulness.htm

Elijah, the Praying Prophet
... Let the righteous man put forth to its fullest extent ... be imitated and as an illustration
of what prayer can do ... It goes nowhere, it avails nothing, it brings no ...
/.../bounds/prayer and praying men/v elijah the praying prophet.htm

On the Sinful Woman.
... What avails this lewdness ... not converse with an harlot, then he is a righteous man
and ... She clasped her arms in prayer, and thus she spake beseeching:""Blessed ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/on the sinful woman.htm

Question Lxxxiii of Prayer
... of sin under whose dominion they suffered so much"; or, as ... perfectly control our
vices, and hence such prayer as this is needful for the righteous (Of the ...
/.../aquinas/on prayer and the contemplative life/question lxxxiii of prayer.htm