James 2:20

Catholic Public Domain Version

So then, are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

Cross References

Proverbs 12:11

Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever continually pursues leisure is most foolish. Whoever is soothed by lingering over wine leaves behind contempt in his strongholds.

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the Lord: "What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they would draw far away from me, and would walk after emptiness, and would become empty?

Romans 1:21

For although they had known God, they did not glorify God, nor give thanks. Instead, they became weakened in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was obscured.

Romans 3:28

For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

Romans 9:20

O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: "Why have you made me this way?"

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails over anything, but only faith which works through charity.

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone considers himself to be something, though he may be nothing, he deceives himself.

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty falsehoods, as found in the traditions of men, in accord with the influences of the world, and not in accord with Christ.

1 Timothy 1:6

Certain persons, wandering away from these things, have been turned aside to empty babbling,

Titus 1:10

For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are of the circumcision.

James 1:26

But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one's religion is vanity.

James 2:17

Thus even faith, if it does not have works, is dead, in and of itself.

James 2:26

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.