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James 1:26–27

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26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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James 1:26Cross-references · 35 ranked passages

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    29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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    3Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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    10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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    4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

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    1BETTER is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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    31The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

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    19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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    6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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    22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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    19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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    2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

    3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

    4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

    5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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    18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

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    25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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    1I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

    2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

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    2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

    3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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    3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

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    12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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    16Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

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    7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

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    6But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:

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    20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

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    26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

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    2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

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    13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

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    14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

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    9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

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    15Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

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    2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

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    9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

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    20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

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    18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

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    9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

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    4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

James 1:27Cross-references · 25 ranked passages

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    16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

    17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

    19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

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    9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

    10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

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    2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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    34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

    35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

    36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

    37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

    38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

    39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

    40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

    41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

    42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

    43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

    44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

    45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

    46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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    6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

    7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

    17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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    15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

    16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

    17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

    18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

    19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

    20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

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    4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

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    12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

    13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

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    1IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

    2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

    3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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    4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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    5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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    1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

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    6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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    23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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    5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

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    8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

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    4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

    5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

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    18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

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    14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

    15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

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    4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

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    14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

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    6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

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James 1:26

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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seem

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To appear, be regarded, or be fitting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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tongue

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1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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vain

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Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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James 1:27

COMBINED MEANING

pure

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Clean, undefiled, unmixed, uncorrupted, genuine, clear, or sincere; free from contaminating matter or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

visit

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1. To go or come to see, attend, or inspect. 2. To help or show mercy. 3. To call to account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

unspotted

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Kept free from stain, pollution, defilement, or corrupting influence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

1:20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

1:21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

1:23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

1:24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

1:26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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