James 5:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

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  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.
  • Jas 5:20 : 20 Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.
  • Luke 22:32 : 32 But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.
  • 2 Pet 3:17 : 17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.
  • Jude 1:11 : 11 A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.
  • Jude 1:22-23 : 22 And have pity on those who are in doubt; 23 And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh.
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
  • 1 Tim 6:21 : 21 Through which some, who gave their minds to it, have been turned away from the faith. Grace be with you.
  • 2 Tim 2:18 : 18 Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.
  • Heb 12:12-13 : 12 For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong, 13 And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
  • Ps 119:21 : 21 Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.
  • Ps 119:118 : 118 You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false.
  • Prov 19:27 : 27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.
  • Isa 3:12 : 12 As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.
  • Ezek 34:4 : 4 You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

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  • Jas 5:20
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    20 Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.

  • Gal 6:1
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    1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

  • Jas 1:16
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    16 Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

  • Matt 18:15
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    15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

  • Luke 17:3
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    3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

  • 2 Tim 2:25
    72%

    25 Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

  • Acts 3:19
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    19 So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;

  • Prov 10:17
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    17 He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
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    15 Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.

  • Jas 5:15-16
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    15 And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.

    16 So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

  • 1 John 5:16
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    16 If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

  • 1 Tim 5:20
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    20 Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.

  • Matt 5:23
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    23 If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,

  • Jas 1:18-19
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    18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

    19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

  • Jas 1:5
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    5 But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

  • Ezek 33:18-19
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    18 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

    19 And when the evil man, turning away from his evil-doing, does what is ordered and right, he will get life by it.

  • 1 Thess 5:25
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    25 Brothers, keep us in mind in your prayers.

  • Jas 5:9
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    9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

  • Ezek 18:26-27
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    26 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

    27 Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul.

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    5 For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

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    1 Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

  • Rev 3:19
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    19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.

  • Lam 3:40
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    40 Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

  • Jas 5:12-13
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    12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

    13 Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.

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    13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

  • Lev 5:5
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    5 And whoever is responsible for any such sin, let him make a statement openly of his wrongdoing;

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    13 Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10 There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

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    2 Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

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    19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.

    20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

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    21 Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.

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    5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

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    6 From which some have been turned away, giving themselves to foolish talking;

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    17 Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

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    18 And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.

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    10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

  • 1 Cor 6:8
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    8 So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

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    5 Saying, Come back now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and keep your place in the land which the Lord has given to you and to your fathers, from times long past even for ever:

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    6 By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

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    3 And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar.

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    5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;