James 1:22

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Summary

James 1:22

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

Be

Deceiving

General references

Proverbs 14:12

Proverbs 23:12

Luke 11:28

Bible References

Be

The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

See, I come quickly. A blessing on him who keeps the words of this book of the prophet.

Deceiving

If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?

Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.

Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;

If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

General references

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.