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James 2:19–20

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Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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From verse 19

  1. Luke 4:34Rank 1 from verse 19
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    34Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

  2. Mark 1:24Rank 2 from verse 19
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    24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

  3. Matthew 8:29Rank 3 from verse 19
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    29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

  4. Acts 16:17Rank 4 from verse 19
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    17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

  5. Deuteronomy 6:4Rank 5 from verse 19
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    4Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

  6. Acts 19:15Rank 6 from verse 19
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    15And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

  7. Galatians 3:20Rank 7 from verse 19
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    20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

  8. Isaiah 44:8Rank 8 from verse 19
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    8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

  9. Mark 5:7Rank 9 from verse 19
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    7And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

  10. Isaiah 46:9Rank 10 from verse 19
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    9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

  11. Zechariah 14:9Rank 11 from verse 19
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    9And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

  12. 1 Timothy 2:5Rank 12 from verse 19
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    5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

  13. Isaiah 43:10Rank 13 from verse 19
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    10Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

  14. Isaiah 44:6Rank 14 from verse 19
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    6Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

  15. Mark 12:29Rank 15 from verse 19
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    29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

  16. John 17:3Rank 16 from verse 19
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    3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

  17. 1 Corinthians 8:6Rank 17 from verse 19
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    6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

  18. Romans 3:30Rank 18 from verse 19
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    30Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

  19. Isaiah 45:6Rank 19 from verse 19
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    6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

  20. Ephesians 4:5–6Rank 20 from verse 19
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    5One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

    6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

  21. Isaiah 45:21–22Rank 21 from verse 19
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    21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

    22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  22. Revelation 20:10Rank 22 from verse 19
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    10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

  23. 1 Corinthians 8:4Rank 23 from verse 19
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    4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

  24. James 2:8Rank 24 from verse 19
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    8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

  25. Jude 1:6Rank 25 from verse 19
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    6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

  26. Revelation 20:2–3Rank 26 from verse 19
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    2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

    3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

  27. Jude 1:4Rank 27 from verse 19
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    4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

  28. Mark 7:9Rank 28 from verse 19
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    9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

  29. Acts 24:25Rank 29 from verse 19
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    25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

  30. Jonah 4:4Rank 30 from verse 19
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    4¶ Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?

  31. Jonah 4:9Rank 31 from verse 19
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    9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

From verse 20

  1. James 2:17Rank 1 from verse 20
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    17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

  2. James 2:26Rank 2 from verse 20
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    26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

  3. Proverbs 12:11Rank 3 from verse 20
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    11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

  4. Romans 1:21Rank 4 from verse 20
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    21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

  5. Galatians 6:3Rank 5 from verse 20
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    3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

  6. Psalms 94:8–11Rank 6 from verse 20
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    8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

    9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

    10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

    11The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

  7. 1 Corinthians 15:35–36Rank 7 from verse 20
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    35But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

    36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

  8. 1 Timothy 1:6Rank 8 from verse 20
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    6From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

  9. Colossians 2:8Rank 9 from verse 20
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    8Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

  10. James 1:26Rank 10 from verse 20
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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.

  11. Jeremiah 2:5Rank 11 from verse 20
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    5¶ Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

  12. Job 11:11–12Rank 12 from verse 20
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    11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

    12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

  13. Titus 1:10Rank 13 from verse 20
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    10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

  14. Galatians 5:6Rank 14 from verse 20
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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 2:19

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

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believest

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Second-person singular present form of believe. Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

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COMBINED MEANING

believe

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Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

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

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James 2:20

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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wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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vain

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

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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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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

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

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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works

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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

2:15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

2:16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

2:17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

2:18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

2:19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

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2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

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2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

2:22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

2:23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

2:24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

2:25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

2:26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

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