Verse 20

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but those who chase fantasies lack sense.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if anyone thinks they are something when they are nothing, they deceive themselves.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, based on human tradition and the elemental principles of the world rather than on Christ.
  • 1 Tim 1:6 : 6 Some have departed from these and turned aside to meaningless talk.
  • Titus 1:10 : 10 For there are many who are rebellious, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless.
  • Jas 2:17 : 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
  • Job 11:11-12 : 11 For He knows worthless men; He sees iniquity, even when He does not consider it. 12 But an empty-headed man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being!
  • Ps 94:8-9 : 8 Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand? 9 Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see? 10 Does He who disciplines nations not rebuke? Does He who teaches mankind knowledge not know? 11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man; He knows they are but a breath.
  • 1 Cor 15:35-36 : 35 But someone will ask, 'How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?' 36 Foolish one, what you sow does not come to life unless it dies.