James 1:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

Common English Bible

²⁴ They look at themselves, walk away, and immediately forget what they were like.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ and after considering himself, he went away and promptly forgot what he had seen.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.

James 1:24 Cross References

Matthew 8:27

They were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”

Luke 1:66

All who heard them pondered them and said, “What then will this child become?” For indeed the hand of the Lord was with him.

Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

1 Thessalonians 1:5

because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake.

James 1:23

For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror;

James 1:25

But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness,

Judges 8:18

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What about the men whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they, every one of them; they resembled the sons of a king.”