James 1:27

Bible in Basic English 1965

The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

Cross References

Psalm 119:1

ALEPH Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

Psalm 68:5

A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

Isaiah 1:23

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Matthew 12:32

And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

Matthew 5:8

Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

Luke 1:6

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

Romans 12:2

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

Galatians 1:4

Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

Galatians 3:11

Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

Galatians 5:6

Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

Galatians 6:14

But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

Ephesians 2:2

In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

Deuteronomy 14:29

And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

1 Timothy 1:5

But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

Titus 2:12

Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

James 3:17

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

James 3:9

With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.

James 4:4

O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.

2 Peter 1:4

And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.

2 Peter 3:14

For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

1 John 5:18

We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.