James 4:17 Themes and Topics

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but every one that heareth these instructions of mine, and practiseth them not, shall be compared to a fool who built his house upon the sand: Verse Concepts

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should not you then have lodged my money at the banker's, and so at my return I should have received my own with interest. Verse Concepts

but the servant, who knows his master's will, and prepares not himself, nor executes his orders, shall receive many stripes. Verse Concepts

What advantage is it, my brethren, for a man to say he has faith, if he has no beneficence? can such a faith save him? Verse Concepts

he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal. Verse Concepts

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who pay tithe of mint, anise, and cummin, but neglect those more important matters of the law, justice, mercy, and fidelity: these were the things ye ought to have practis'd, without neglecting however the other matters. Verse Concepts

but the servant, who knows his master's will, and prepares not himself, nor executes his orders, shall receive many stripes. Verse Concepts

he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal. Verse Concepts

to this he will reply, I declare unto you, your not doing this for one of the least of these, is the same thing as not doing it for me. Verse Concepts

but wo unto you Pharisees: for you will pay the tythes of mint, and rue, and all sorts of herbs, but as for justice and true piety, those you neglect. these you ought to have practised, without omitting however the other. Verse Concepts

he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal. Verse Concepts

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

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he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal. Verse Concepts

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a certain beggar named Lazarus, was lying at his gate, and tho' cover'd with ulcers, the very dogs came and fawned upon him. but he wanted to be fed with the crumbs, that fell from the rich man's table.

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but every one that heareth these instructions of mine, and practiseth them not, shall be compared to a fool who built his house upon the sand: Verse Concepts

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should not you then have lodged my money at the banker's, and so at my return I should have received my own with interest. Verse Concepts

but the servant, who knows his master's will, and prepares not himself, nor executes his orders, shall receive many stripes. Verse Concepts

What advantage is it, my brethren, for a man to say he has faith, if he has no beneficence? can such a faith save him? Verse Concepts

he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal. Verse Concepts

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

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he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal. Verse Concepts

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a certain beggar named Lazarus, was lying at his gate, and tho' cover'd with ulcers, the very dogs came and fawned upon him. but he wanted to be fed with the crumbs, that fell from the rich man's table.

the sting of death was sin; and the strength of sin was the law. Verse Concepts

keep the persuasion you have, to your own conscience. blessed is he that approves himself to God, without making any difference about meats: for he that makes a difference, is self-condemn'd, if he eats against his own persuasion: for every action of that kind is sin .

he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal. Verse Concepts

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every thing that is contrary to virtue, is a sin: but every sin is not a mortal sin: Verse Concepts

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who knowing the divine rule of right, did not perceive that they who commit such things are worthy of death, and not only they who do the same, but they who give countenance to those that do them. Verse Concepts

if I had not appear'd, and inform'd them, they would have been innocent: but now they have no excuse for their sin. Verse Concepts

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he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal. Verse Concepts

because when they knew God, they did not with gratitude glorify him as God, but their reasoning became extravagance, and their minds, void of judgment, were involv'd in darkness. Verse Concepts

Jesus said to them, if you were blind, you would be excusable; but since you own that you see, you stand convicted. Verse Concepts

for if we wilfully apostatize, after having received the knowledge of the truth, it is as a sin for which there is no sacrifice appointed. Verse Concepts

but the servant, who knows his master's will, and prepares not himself, nor executes his orders, shall receive many stripes. whereas he that does not know it, and does things worthy of chastisement, shall receive fewer stripes. for to whom much is given, of him shall much be required, and the more a man has been trusted, the greater will be the demand.

'Tis true, you bear the name of a Jew, you depend upon the law, and boast of your worship: you know the divine will, and what is contrary thereto, having been educated in the law: you think you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, read more.
an instructer of the ignorant, a teacher to the weak, because you have a clear view of the true meaning of the law. you therefore who instruct others don't you instruct yourself? you who preach against stealing, do you steal? you who declaim against adultery, do you commit adultery? you who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? and you, who glory in the law, do you dishonour God by the violation of the law?

for it had been better for them, not to have made any profession of the gospel, than after they have embraced it, to abandon the holy injunction, that was delivered to them. but the proverb is exactly verified in them, "the dog is return'd to his own vomit: the sow that was wash'd, is wallowing in the mire."