James 4:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ To him, then, who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ It is a sin when someone knows the right thing to do and doesn’t do it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.

James 4:17 Cross References

John 13:17

“If you know these teachings, blessed are you if you do them.

John 15:22

“If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

John 9:41

יהושע  said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see,’ therefore your sin remains.

Romans 1:32

who, though they know the righteousness of Elohim, that those who practise such deserve death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practise them.

Romans 7:13

Therefore, has that which is good become death to me? Let it not be! But the sin, that sin might be manifest, was working death in me through what is good, so that sin through the command might become an exceedingly great Sinner.

2 Peter 2:21

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the set-apart command delivered unto them.