James 1:23

New American Bible - revised edition

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his own face in a mirror.

Cross References

Jeremiah 44:16

“Regarding the word you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not listening to you.

Luke 6:47

I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them.

Luke 6:7

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him.

1 Corinthians 13:12

At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.

James 1:24

He sees himself, then goes off and promptly forgets what he looked like.