James 1:26

The Passion Translation

If someone believes they have a relationship with God but fails to guard his words then his heart is drifting away and his religion is shallow and empty.

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

God, give me grace to guard my lips from speaking what is wrong.

Proverbs 10:19

If you keep talking, it won’t be long before you’re saying something really wrong. Prove you’re wise from the very start— just bite your tongue and be strong!

Proverbs 10:31

The teachings of the righteous are loaded with wisdom, but the words of the evil ones are crooked and perverse.

Proverbs 14:12

You can rationalize it all you want and justify the path of error you have chosen, but you’ll find out in the end that you took the road to destruction.

Proverbs 15:2

When wisdom speaks, understanding becomes attractive. But the words of the fool make their ignorance look laughable.

Proverbs 16:10

A king speaks the revelation of truth, so he must be extraordinarily careful in the decrees that he makes.

Proverbs 16:25

Before every person there is a path that seems like the right one to take, but it leads straight to hell!

Proverbs 19:1

It’s better to be honest, even if it leads to poverty, than to live as a dishonest fool.

Isaiah 1:13

Stop bringing your meaningless offerings. Your burning incense stinks! Your sin-stained celebrations, your new moon festivals, Sabbaths, your various pious meetings—I can’t stand them!

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds his spirit on ashes! His deluded heart leads him astray. He can’t even ask himself, “Is this thing I’m holding in my right hand a fraud?”

Matthew 15:9

They pretend to worship me, but their worship is nothing more than the empty traditions of men.”

Mark 7:7

Their worship is nothing more than a charade! For they continue to insist that their man-made traditions are equal to the instructions of God.’

Luke 8:18

So pay careful attention to your hearts as you listen to my teaching, for to those who have open hearts, even more revelation will be given to them until it overflows. And for those who do not listen with open hearts, what little light they imagine themselves to have will be taken away.”

1 Corinthians 15:15

Moreover, if the dead are not raised, that would mean that we are false witnesses who are misrepresenting God. And that would mean that we have preached a lie, stating that God raised him from the dead, if in reality he didn’t.

1 Corinthians 15:2

For it is through the revelation of the gospel that you are being saved, if you fasten your life firmly to the message I’ve taught you, unless you have believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 3:18

So why fool yourself and live under an illusion? Make no mistake about it, if anyone thinks he is wise by the world’s standards, he will be made wiser by being a fool for God!

Galatians 2:6

Even those most influential among the brothers were not able to add anything to my message. Who they are before men makes no difference to me, for God is not impressed by their reputations.

Galatians 2:9

When they all recognized this grace operating in my ministry, those who were recognized as influential pillars in the church—Jacob, Peter, and John—extended to Barnabas and me the warmth of Christian fellowship and honored my calling to minister to the gentiles, even as they were to go to the Jews.

Galatians 3:4

Have you endured so many trials and persecutions for nothing?

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are somebody too important to stoop down to help another (when really you are not), you are living in deception.

Ephesians 4:29

And never let ugly or hateful words come from your mouth, but instead let your words become beautiful gifts that encourage others; do this by speaking words of grace to help them.

Ephesians 5:4

Guard your speech. Forsake obscenities and worthless insults; these are nonsensical words that bring disgrace and are unnecessary. Instead, let worship fill your heart and spill out in your words.

Colossians 4:6

Let every word you speak be drenched with grace and tempered with truth and clarity. For then you will be prepared to give a respectful answer to anyone who asks about your faith.

James 1:19

My dearest brothers and sisters, take this to heart: Be quick to listen, but slow to speak. And be slow to become angry,

James 1:22

Don’t just listen to the Word of Truth and not respond to it, for that is the essence of self-deception. So always let his Word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life!

James 2:20

O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony?

1 Peter 3:10

For the Scriptures tell us: Whoever wants to embrace true life and find beauty in each day