World English Bible
James 5:17
“Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months.”
Verse in context — James 5
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and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
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Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months.
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He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
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Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,