James 1:22

New International Reader's Version

Don’t just listen to the word. You fool yourselves if you do that. You must do what it says.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:20

That’s as foolish as eating ashes! The mind of someone like that has led him astray. He can’t save himself. He can’t bring himself to say, “This thing I’m holding in my right hand isn’t really a god at all.”

Jeremiah 11:6

The Lord said to me, “Here is what I want you to announce in the towns of Judah. Say it also in the streets of Jerusalem. Tell the people, ‘Listen to the terms of my covenant. Obey them.

Obadiah 1:3

You live in the safety of the rocks. You make your home high up in the mountains. But your proud heart has tricked you. So you say to yourself, ‘No one can bring me down to the ground.’

Matthew 12:50

Anyone who does what my Father in heaven wants is my brother or sister or mother.”

Matthew 28:20

Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And you can be sure that I am always with you, to the very end.”

Luke 11:28

He replied, “Instead, blessed are those who hear God’s word and obey it.”

John 13:17

Now you know these things. So you will be blessed if you do them.

Romans 2:13

Hearing the law does not make a person right with God. People are considered to be right with God only when they obey the law.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t let anyone fool you. “Bad companions make a good person bad.”

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t fool yourselves. Suppose some of you think you are wise by the standards of the world. Then you should become “fools” so that you can become wise.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Don’t you know that people who do wrong will not receive God’s kingdom? Don’t be fooled. Those who commit sexual sins will not receive the kingdom. Neither will those who worship statues of gods or commit adultery. Neither will men who sleep with other men.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone thinks they are somebody when they are nobody, they are fooling themselves.

Galatians 6:7

Don’t be fooled. You can’t outsmart God. A man gathers a crop from what he plants.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, my brothers and sisters, always think about what is true. Think about what is noble, right and pure. Think about what is lovely and worthy of respect. If anything is excellent or worthy of praise, think about those kinds of things.

Colossians 3:17

Do everything you say or do in the name of the Lord Jesus. Always give thanks to God the Father through Christ.

2 Timothy 3:13

Evil people and pretenders will go from bad to worse. They will fool others, and others will fool them.

Titus 3:3

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

James 1:26

Suppose people think their beliefs and how they live are both right. But they don’t control what they say. Then they are fooling themselves. Their beliefs and way of life are not worth anything at all.

James 4:11

My brothers and sisters, don’t speak against one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister speaks against the law. And anyone who judges another believer judges the law. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it. Instead, you are acting as if you were its judge.

James 4:17

So suppose someone knows the good deeds they should do. But suppose they don’t do them. By not doing these good deeds, they sin.

2 Peter 2:13

They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to have wild parties in the middle of the day. They are like dirty spots and stains. They enjoy their sinful pleasures while they eat with you.

1 John 1:8

Suppose we claim we are without sin. Then we are fooling ourselves. The truth is not in us.

1 John 2:3

We know that we have come to know God if we obey his commands.

1 John 3:7

Dear children, don’t let anyone lead you astray. The person who does what is right is holy, just as Christ is holy.

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, don’t be like those who do evil. Be like those who do good. Anyone who does what is good belongs to God. Anyone who does what is evil hasn’t really seen or known God.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down to the earth, and his angels with him. The dragon is that old serpent called the devil, or Satan. He leads the whole world astray.

Revelation 22:7

“Look! I am coming soon! Words of prophecy are written in this book. Blessed is the person who obeys them.”