James 1:27

Tree of Life Version

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and 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

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Torah of Adonai.

Psalm 146:9

Adonai protects outsiders, upholds the fatherless and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked.

Psalm 68:5

Sing to God, sing praises to His Name. Prepare the road for Him who rides through the deserts, whose Name is Adonai— and rejoice before Him.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and friends with thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, nor does a widow’s case come to them.

Matthew 12:32

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Ruach ha-Kodesh will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the one to come.”

Matthew 5:8

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

Luke 1:6

Together they were righteous before Adonai, walking without fault in all His commandments and instructions.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your 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 Torah who are righteous before God; rather, it is the doers of Torah who will be justified.

Galatians 1:4

who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

Galatians 3:11

It is clear that no one is set right before God by Torah, for “the righteous shall live by emunah.”

Galatians 5:6

For in Messiah Yeshua, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any meaning—but only trust and faithfulness expressing itself through love.

Galatians 6:14

But may I never boast—except in the cross of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. Through Him the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Ephesians 2:2

At that time, you walked in the way of this world, in conformity to the ruler of the domain of the air—the ruler of the spirit who is now operating in the sons of disobedience.

Deuteronomy 14:29

Then the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, along with the outsider, the orphan and the widow within your gates, will come and eat and be satisfied, so that Adonai your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that you do.

1 Timothy 1:5

Now the goal of this command is love from of a pure heart and a clear conscience and a genuine faith.

1 Timothy 5:4

but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show devotion to their own home and give back to their parents, for this is pleasing before God.

Titus 2:12

training us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live in a manner that is self-controlled and righteous and godly in the present age.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.

James 3:9

With it we bless our Adonai and Father, and with it we curse people, who are made in the image of God.

James 4:4

You adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

2 Peter 1:4

Through these things He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, since you have escaped the corruption that evil desires have brought into the world.

2 Peter 2:20

For if—after escaping the world’s pollutions through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah—they again become entangled in these things and are overcome, the end for them has become worse than the beginning.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, loved ones, while you are looking for these things, make every effort to be found in shalom, spotless and blameless before Him.

1 John 5:18

We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; rather, the One born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot touch him.