James 1:26

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If any man among you seeme to be deuout, and refrayneth not his tongue, but deceaueth his owne heart, this mans deuotion is vayne.

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  • Ps 141:3 : 3 Set a watch O God before my mouth: and kepe the doore of my lippes.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth, but that whiche is good to edifie withal, as oft as neede is, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.
  • Ps 34:13 : 13 Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.
  • Jas 3:2-6 : 2 For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body. 3 Beholde, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about all the body of them: 4 Beholde also ye shippes, which though they be so great, and are dryuen of fierce windes, yet are they turned about with a very small helme, whither soeuer the violence of the gouernour wyll. 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth. 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues.
  • Eph 5:4 : 4 Neither fylthynesse, neither foolyshe talkyng, neither iestyng, which are not comely: but rather, geuyng of thankes.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speache be alway in grace, powdered with salt, to knowe howe ye ought to aunswere euery man.
  • Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.
  • Luke 8:18 : 18 Take heede therfore, howe ye heare. For whosoeuer hath, to hym shalbe geuen: And whosoeuer hath not, from hym shalbe take, euen that same which he supposeth that he hath.
  • Prov 13:2-3 : 2 Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours. 3 He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.
  • Ps 39:1-2 : 1 To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght. 2 I became dumbe through scilence, I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes: but the more was my sorowe increased.
  • Deut 11:16 : 16 But beware that your heart deceaue you not, and ye turne asyde, and serue straunge gods, and worship them:
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat, when he is nothyng, the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie.
  • Prov 16:10 : 10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.
  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.
  • Jas 2:20 : 20 But wylt thou knowe, O thou vayne man, that that fayth which is without workes, is dead?
  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee.
  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the ende therof are the wayes of death.
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse.
  • 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 By the which also ye are saued, yf ye kepe in memorie after what maner I preached vnto you, except ye haue beleued in vayne.
  • 1 Cor 15:15 : 15 Yea, and we are founde false witnesses of God: For we haue testified of God, howe that he raysed vp Christe, whom he raysed not vp, yf it be so that the dead ryse not agayne.
  • Gal 2:6 : 6 Of them which seemed to be somewhat (what they were in time passed, it maketh no matter to me, God accepteth no mans person) for they which seemed chiefe, added nothyng to me.
  • Prov 21:26 : 26 He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous geueth and spareth not.
  • Isa 1:13 : 13 Offer me no mo oblations, for it is but lost labour: incense is an abhominable thyng vnto me, I may not away with your newe moones, your sabbathes & solempne meetynges, your solempne assemblies are wicked.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 Thus doth he but lose his labour, and his heart whiche is deceaued doth turne hym aside, so that none of them can haue a free conscience to thinke, Do not I erre?
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye haue saide: it is but vayne to serue God, and what profite is it that we haue kept his commaundement, & that we haue walked humbly before the face of the Lorde of hoastes?
  • Matt 15:9 : 9 But in vayne do they worshippe me, teachyng doctrine, preceptes of men.
  • Mark 7:7 : 7 Howebeit, in vayne do they worship me, teachyng doctrines, the commaundementes of men.
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 When they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me, then Iames, Cephas, and Iohn, which seemed to be pyllers, gaue to me and Barnabas the ryght handes of felowshyppe, that we shoulde be Apostles vnto the Heathen, and they vnto the circumcision.
  • Gal 3:4 : 4 Haue ye suffered so great thynges in vayne? Yf it be yet in vayne.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father, is this: To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde.

  • Jas 1:19-25
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    19 Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.

    20 For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.

    21 Wherfore, lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnes, and receaue with mekenesse, the worde that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.

    22 And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues.

    23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde, and not a doer, he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse:

    24 For he hath considered hym selfe, and is gone his wayes, & hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was.

    25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his deede.

  • Jas 3:2-3
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    2 For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body.

    3 Beholde, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about all the body of them:

  • 3 For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat, when he is nothyng, the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie.

  • 6 From the whiche thynges, some hauyng erred, haue tourned vnto vayne ianglyng:

  • Jas 3:13-14
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    13 Who is a wise man, and endued with knoweledge among you? let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome.

    14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth.

  • 4 Either if a soule sweare, and pronounceth with his lippes to do euill or to do good, whatsoeuer it be that a man shall pronounce with an othe, and the thyng be hyd from hym, and commeth to the knowledge of it, and hath offended in one of these:

  • Jas 3:5-6
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    5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth.

    6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.

  • 18 Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse.

  • 20 But wylt thou knowe, O thou vayne man, that that fayth which is without workes, is dead?

  • 4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

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    15 Unto the pure, are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng, is nothyng pure, but euen the mynde and conscience of them is defyled.

    16 They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.

  • 10 For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.

  • 5 If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym.

  • Jas 1:7-8
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    7 Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde.

    8 A double mynded man, is vnstable in all his wayes.

  • 10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be.

  • 23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • 13 Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

  • 8 But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.

  • 5 Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse, but denying the power therof: turne away from these.

  • 14 What profiteth it my brethren, though a man say he hath fayth, and hath not deedes? Can fayth saue hym?

  • 36 But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment.

  • 3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • 6 Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes: For, because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience.

  • 3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good.

  • 11 Backbite not one another brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that iudgeth his brother, backbiteth ye lawe, and iudgeth the lawe: But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe, but a iudge.

  • 1 A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.

  • 16 But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse.

  • 19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

  • 17 Euen so, fayth, yf it haue not deedes, is dead in it selfe:

  • 38 But yf any man be ignoraunt, let hym be ignoraunt.

  • 2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • 20 Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • 1 Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth, with brotherly loue vnfayned, see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye:

  • 19 So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport?

  • 16 Do not erre my deare brethren.

  • 8 If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.

  • 4 He is puft vp, knowyng nothing, but dotyng about questions and strifes of wordes, wherof commeth enuie, stryfe, raylynges, euyll surmysynges,