James 1:25

Doers Of The Message, Not Just Hearers

²⁴ For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was. ²⁵ But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out -- he will be blessed in what he does. ²⁶ If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

Forgetful Hearer

Law of Liberty

O God

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Luke 11:28

But he replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"

John 13:17

If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

Galatians 5:1

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

James 2:12

Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God's slaves.

1 Samuel 12:14

If you fear the Lord, serving him and obeying him and not rebelling against what he says, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the Lord your God, all will be well.

Psalm 19:7-11

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

Psalm 106:3

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

Psalm 119:2-3

How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart,

Psalm 119:32

I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so.

Psalm 119:45

I will be secure, for I seek your precepts.

Psalm 119:96-105

I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension.

Proverbs 14:15

A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

Isaiah 8:20

Then you must recall the Lord's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

Luke 6:47-49

"Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice -- I will show you what he is like:

John 8:31-32

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

John 8:36

So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.

John 15:9-10

"Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.

Acts 2:42

They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Acts 13:43

When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 26:22

I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

Romans 2:7-8

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Romans 7:22-23

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father."

Romans 11:22

Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God -- harshness toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you -- unless, indeed, you fail the test!

Galatians 2:4

Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

1 Timothy 2:15

But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

1 Timothy 4:16

Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

James 1:23-24

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

1 John 2:24

As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: 'Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them."

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.