James 1:25

New Century Version

But the truly happy people are those who carefully study God’s perfect law that makes people free, and they continue to study it. They do not forget what they heard, but they obey what God’s teaching says. Those who do this will be made happy.

Cross References

Psalm 106:3

Happy are those who do right, who do what is fair at all times.

Psalm 119:32

I will quickly obey your commands, because you have made me happy.

Psalm 119:45

So I will live in freedom, because I want to follow your orders.

Proverbs 14:15

Fools will believe anything, but the wise think about what they do.

Isaiah 8:20

You should follow the teachings and the agreement with the Lord. The mediums and fortune-tellers do not speak the word of the Lord, so their words are worth nothing.

Luke 11:28

But Jesus said, “No, blessed are those who hear the teaching of God and obey it.”

John 13:17

If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

John 8:36

So if the Son makes you free, you will be truly free.

Acts 13:43

When the meeting was over, many people with those who had changed to worship God followed Paul and Barnabas from that place. Paul and Barnabas were persuading them to continue trusting in God’s grace.

Acts 2:42

They spent their time learning the apostles’ teaching, sharing, breaking bread, and praying together.

Acts 26:22

But God has helped me, and so I stand here today, telling all people, small and great, what I have seen. But I am saying only what Moses and the prophets said would happen—

Romans 11:22

So you see that God is kind and also very strict. He punishes those who stop following him. But God is kind to you, if you continue following in his kindness. If you do not, you will be cut off from the tree.

Romans 2:13

Hearing the law does not make people right with God. It is those who obey the law who will be right with him.

Romans 7:12

So the law is holy, and the command is holy and right and good.

Romans 8:15

The Spirit we received does not make us slaves again to fear; it makes us children of God. With that Spirit we cry out, “Father.”

Romans 8:2

Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made you free from the law that brings sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Do not let anything move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Look closely at yourselves. Test yourselves to see if you are living in the faith. You know that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test.

Galatians 2:4

We talked about this problem because some false believers had come into our group secretly. They came in like spies to overturn the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves.

Galatians 5:1

We have freedom now, because Christ made us free. So stand strong. Do not change and go back into the slavery of the law.

Galatians 6:2

By helping each other with your troubles, you truly obey the law of Christ.

Colossians 1:23

This will happen if you continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope brought to you by the Good News that you heard. That same Good News has been told to everyone in the world, and I, Paul, help in preaching that Good News.

1 Timothy 2:15

But she will be saved through having children if she continues in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

1 Timothy 4:16

Be careful in your life and in your teaching. If you continue to live and teach rightly, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

Hebrews 12:15

Be careful that no one fails to receive God’s grace and begins to cause trouble among you. A person like that can ruin many of you.

James 2:12

In everything you say and do, remember that you will be judged by the law that makes people free.

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. Live as servants of God.

1 John 2:24

Be sure you continue to follow the teaching you heard from the beginning. If you continue to follow what you heard from the beginning, you will stay in the Son and in the Father.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die from now on in the Lord.” The Spirit says, “Yes, they will rest from their hard work, and the reward of all they have done stays with them.”

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they will receive the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

1 Samuel 12:14

You must honor the Lord and serve him. You must obey his word and not turn against his commands. Both you and the king ruling over you must follow the Lord your God. If you do, it will be well with you.