James 5:13

Is any of you sad? Let him pray: Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

In Context

12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be: Yea, Yea: No, No: that you fall not under judgment.

14Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. Let him bring in, etc... See here a plain warrant of scripture for the sacrament of extreme unction, that any controversy against its institution would be against the express words of the sacred text in the plainest terms.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:9Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: and relate all his wondrous works.

Job 33:26He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.

Psalms 50:15I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted to thee.

Psalms 95:2Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day.

Psalms 142:1A psalm of David, when his son Absalom pursued him. [2 Kings 17.] Hear, O Lord, my prayer: give ear to my supplication in thy truth: hear me in thy justice.

Matthew Henry on James 5:13-20

Caution against Swearing; Profaneness Condemned; Confession and Prayer; Efficacy of Prayer. ( a. d. 61.) 12 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. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 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… Read the whole commentary →

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