James 1:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,
  • Judg 8:18 : 18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.
  • Matt 8:27 : 27 And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?
  • Luke 1:66 : 66 And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Luke 7:39 : 39 Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

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  • Jas 1:22-23
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    22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

    23Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

  • Jas 1:25-26
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    25But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

    26If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

  • Gal 6:3-4
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    3For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.

    4But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

  • 9For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    2For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

    3In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • 4Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

  • 21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

  • 11He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

  • 3And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

  • 18Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

  • 16For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:

  • 24A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • Jas 1:7-8
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    7Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;

    8For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.

  • 21For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • 12Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • 41And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

  • 27He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

  • 6For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.

  • Job 36:24-25
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    24See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

    25All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

  • 25For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

  • 6Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    10But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

    11For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

  • 11For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

  • 4Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

  • 22Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

  • 7For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

  • 11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

  • 24For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

  • 1He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

  • 12The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

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    15The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

    16The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

  • 32Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

  • 14A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

  • 14When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

  • 3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • 18For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • 11The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • 3And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • 2For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

  • 4Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.

  • 14Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:

  • 13He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.