James 2:25

God's Word

The same is true of the prostitute Rahab who welcomed the spies and sent them away on another road. She received God’s approval because of what she did.

Cross References

Matthew 1:5

Salmon and Rahab were the father and mother of Boaz. Boaz and Ruth were the father and mother of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse,

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two sons did what the father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: Tax collectors and prostitutes are going into God’s kingdom ahead of you.

Acts 17:7

and Jason has welcomed them as his guests. All of them oppose the emperor’s decrees by saying that there is another king, whose name is Jesus.”

Hebrews 11:31

Faith led the prostitute Rahab to welcome the spies as friends. She was not killed with those who refused to obey God.

James 2:18

Another person might say, “You have faith, but I do good things.” Show me your faith apart from the good things you do. I will show you my faith by the good things I do.

James 2:22

You see that Abraham’s faith and what he did worked together. His faith was shown to be genuine by what he did.

James 2:24

You see that a person receives God’s approval because of what he does, not only because of what he believes.

Joshua 2:1

From Shittim Joshua, son of Nun, secretly sent out two men as spies. He told them, “Go, look at that country, especially the city of Jericho.” So they went to Jericho and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab to spend the night there.

Joshua 2:15

So she let them down by a rope from her window since her house was built into the city wall. (She lived in the city wall.)

Joshua 2:16

She told them, “Go to the mountains so that the men who are pursuing you will not find you. Hide there for three days until they return to Jericho. Then you can go on your way.”

Joshua 2:4

But the woman had already taken the two men inside and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come here. But I didn’t know where they had come from.

Joshua 2:6

(She had taken them up to the roof and covered them with the flax which she had laid up there.)

Joshua 6:17

The city has been claimed by the Lord. Everything in it belongs to the Lord. Only the prostitute Rahab and all who are in the house with her will live because she hid the messengers we sent.