James 5:13
“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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Related Verses
“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.”
“Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.”
“And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”
“Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.”
“Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.”