James 1:27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Cross References

Psalm 119:1

Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Psalm 68:5

Father of orphans and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

Matthew 12:32

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

Matthew 5:8

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Luke 1:6

Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight but the doers of the law who will be justified.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Galatians 3:11

Now it is evident that no one is reckoned as righteous before God by the law, for “the one who is righteous will live by faith.”

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

Galatians 6:14

May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.

Deuteronomy 14:29

the Levites, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you, as well as the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work that you undertake.

1 Timothy 1:5

But the aim of such instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.

1 Timothy 5:4

If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents, for this is pleasing in God’s sight.

Titus 2:12

training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

James 3:9

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, made in the likeness of God.

James 4:4

Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

2 Peter 1:4

Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish,

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them.