James 3:2

Modern English Version

We all stumble in many ways. But if any man does not stumble in what he says, he is a complete man and able also to control the whole body.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“If they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin), and You get angry with them and hand them over to the enemy so that they are carried away as captives to the land of the enemy, far or near,

2 Chronicles 6:36

“When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin) and You are angry against them and give them to their enemies, and they are taken captive to a land, whether distant or near,

Job 15:13

that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

Psalm 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are before me.”

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my sin”?

Proverbs 21:23

He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who only does good and refrains from sin.

Isaiah 64:6

But we all are as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness is as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Leviticus 13:39

then the priest shall examine, and if the bright spots on the skin of the body are a faded white, then it is just a rash that has broken out on the skin. He is clean.

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 12:37

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Romans 3:10

As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;

Romans 7:21

I find then a law that when I desire to do good, evil is present with me.

1 Corinthians 9:27

But I bring and keep my body under subjection, lest when preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture has confined all things under sin, that the promise through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. These are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.

Colossians 1:28

whom we preach, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present them complete in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras greets you. He is one of you, a servant of Christ, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand mature and complete in the entire will of God.

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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 1:4

But let patience complete its work, that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

James 2:10

For whoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point is guilty of breaking the whole law.

1 Peter 3:10

For “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

1 Peter 5:10

But after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called us to His eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.