James 3:2

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For we all offend in many ways. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man. And he is then able, as if with a bridle, to lead the whole body around.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

But if they sin against you, for there is no man who does not sin, and you, being angry, deliver them to their enemies, and they will have been led away as captives to the land of their enemies, whether far or near,

2 Chronicles 6:36

But if they will have sinned against you (for there is no man who does not sin) and you will have become angry against them, and if you will have delivered them to their enemies, and so they lead them away as captives to a far away land, or even to one that is near,

Job 15:13

Why does your spirit stir against God, so as to utter such speeches from your mouth?

Psalm 34:13

But as for me, when they were harassing me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer will become my sinews.

Psalm 39:1

Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.

Proverbs 10:19

In a multitude of speaking, sin will not be lacking. But whoever tempers his lips is most prudent.

Proverbs 13:3

Whoever guards his mouth guards his soul. But whoever gives no consideration to his speech shall experience misfortunes.

Proverbs 20:9

Who is able to say: "My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?"

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue guards his soul from anguish.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Wisdom has strengthened the wise more than ten princes of a city.

Isaiah 64:6

And we have all become like the unclean. And all our justices are like a rag of menstruation. And we have all fallen away, like a leaf. And our iniquities have carried us away, like the wind.

Leviticus 13:39

the priest shall examine them. If he detects an obscured whiteness shining in the skin, may he know that it is not leprosy, but a white-colored blemish, and that the man is clean.

Matthew 12:34

Progeny of vipers, how are you able to speak good things while you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Matthew 12:37

For by your words shall you be justified, and by your words shall you be condemned."

Romans 3:10

just as it was written: "There is no one who is just.

Romans 7:21

And so, I discover the law, by wanting to do good within myself, though evil lies close beside me.

1 Corinthians 9:27

Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.

Galatians 3:22

But Scripture has enclosed everything under sin, so that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want.

Colossians 1:28

We are announcing him, correcting every man and teaching every man, with all wisdom, so that we may offer every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras greets you, who is from among you, a servant of Christ Jesus, ever solicitous for you in prayer, so that you may stand, perfect and complete, in the entire will of God.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.

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 1:4

and patience brings a work to perfection, so that you may be perfect and whole, deficient in nothing.

James 2:10

Now whoever has observed the whole law, yet who offends in one matter, has become guilty of all.

1 Peter 3:10

For whoever wants to love life and to see good days should restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, so that they utter no deceit.

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.