James 1:23

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror;

Cross References

Jeremiah 44:16

As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to or obey you.

Luke 6:47

For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words [in order to heed their teaching] and does them, I will show you what he is like:

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and the Pharisees kept watching Jesus to see whether He would [actually] heal on the Sabbath, in order that they might get [some ground for] accusation against Him.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we are looking in a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection [of reality as in a riddle or enigma], but then [when perfection comes] we shall see in reality and face to face! Now I know in part (imperfectly), but then I shall know and understand fully and clearly, even in the same manner as I have been fully and clearly known and understood [by God].

James 1:24

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