James 2:20

New Century Version

You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?

Cross References

Proverbs 12:11

Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but the one who chases empty dreams is not wise.

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “I was fair to your ancestors, so why did they turn away from me? Your ancestors worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves.

Romans 1:21

They knew God, but they did not give glory to God or thank him. Their thinking became useless. Their foolish minds were filled with darkness.

Romans 3:28

A person is made right with God through faith, not through obeying the law.

Romans 9:20

You are only human, and human beings have no right to question God. An object should not ask the person who made it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Galatians 5:6

When we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important if we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone thinks he is important when he really is not, he is only fooling himself.

Colossians 2:8

Be sure that no one leads you away with false and empty teaching that is only human, which comes from the ruling spirits of this world, and not from Christ.

1 Timothy 1:6

Some people have missed these things and turned to useless talk.

Titus 1:10

There are many people who refuse to cooperate, who talk about worthless things and lead others into the wrong way—mainly those who insist on circumcision to be saved.

James 1:26

People who think they are religious but say things they should not say are just fooling themselves. Their “religion” is worth nothing.

James 2:17

In the same way, faith by itself—that does nothing—is dead.

James 2:26

Just as a person’s body that does not have a spirit is dead, so faith that does nothing is dead!