James 1:26

New King James Version

If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.

Cross References

Job 15:13

That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth?

Job 30:11

Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off restraint before me.

Psalm 141:3

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

Psalm 34:13

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

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, But the perverse tongue will be cut out.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

Proverbs 16:10

Divination is on the lips of the king; His mouth must not transgress in judgment.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Proverbs 21:26

He covets greedily all day long, But the righteous gives and does not spare.

Isaiah 1:13

Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Malachi 3:14

You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts?

Matthew 15:9

And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

Mark 7:7

And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

Luke 8:18

Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”

1 Corinthians 15:15

Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise.

1 Corinthians 15:2

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

Galatians 2:6

But from those who seemed to be something—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man—for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.

Galatians 2:9

and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Galatians 3:4

Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

Ephesians 5:4

neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

Deuteronomy 11:16

“Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them,

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

James 1:19

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

James 2:20

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

1 Peter 3:10

For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.