James 2:23

New King James Version

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.

Cross References

Genesis 15:6

And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

1 Kings 4:5

Azariah the son of Nathan, over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest and the king’s friend;

2 Chronicles 20:7

Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?

Job 16:21

Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

Exodus 33:11

So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

Isaiah 41:8

“But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.

Mark 12:10

Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.

Mark 15:27

With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left.

Luke 4:21

And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Acts 1:16

“Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus;

Romans 11:2

God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

Romans 9:17

For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 3:6

just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

James 2:24

You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

1 Peter 2:6

Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”