James 2:20

Modern English Version

But do you want to be shown, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

Cross References

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who chases worthless pursuits lacks wisdom.

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the Lord: What iniquity have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me, and have walked after vanity and have become vain?

Romans 1:21

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him or give thanks to Him as God, but became futile in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Romans 3:28

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the works of the law.

Romans 9:20

Rather, O man, who are you to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith which works through love.

Galatians 6:3

For if someone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Colossians 2:8

Beware lest anyone captivate you through philosophy and vain deceit, in the tradition of men and the elementary principles of the world, and not after Christ.

1 Timothy 1:6

From this, some have lost their way and turned aside to empty talk,

Titus 1:10

For there are many unruly men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

James 1:26

If anyone among you seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

James 2:17

So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.

James 2:26

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.