James 3:2

New King James Version

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Cross References

James 1:26

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.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

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.

Matthew 12:37

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Psalm 34:13

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

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”?

Ecclesiastes 7:20

For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.

Romans 3:10

As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;

James 1:4

But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

1 Kings 8:46

“When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them captive to the land of the enemy, far or near;

James 2:10

For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.

Isaiah 64:6

But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.

1 Corinthians 9:27

But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Colossians 1:28

Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

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.

Romans 7:21

I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.

2 Chronicles 6:36

“When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them captive to a land far or near;

1 Peter 5:10

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.”

Proverbs 10:19

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

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Leviticus 13:39

then the priest shall look; and indeed if the bright spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is a white spot that grows on the skin. He is clean.

Job 15:13

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