James 2:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And one of you say vnto them, depart in peace, be you warmed and fylled: notwithstandyng, ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to, the body, what shall it profite?

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  • Matt 25:42-45 : 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me no drynke. 43 I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me not in: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirste, or harbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or in pryson, and did not minister vnto thee? 45 Then shall he aunswere them, saying: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye dyd it not to one of the least of these, ye dyd it not to me.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Loue without dissimulation, hatyng euyll, cleauyng to good.
  • 1 John 3:16-18 : 16 Hereby perceaue we loue, because he layde downe his lyfe for vs, & we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren. 17 But who so hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue neede, and shutteth vp his compassion from hym: howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym? 18 My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie.
  • 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue.
  • Job 22:7-9 : 7 To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie. 8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken.
  • Prov 3:27-28 : 27 Withdraw no good thyng from them that haue nede, so long as thyne hande is able to do it. 28 Say not vnto thy neyghbour, go thy way and come agayne, and to morowe wyll I geue thee: where as thou hast nowe to geue hym.
  • Matt 14:15-16 : 15 And when the euen drewe on, his disciples came to hym, saying: this is a desert place, and the hour is nowe past, let the people depart, that they may go into the townes, and bye them vittels. 16 But Iesus sayde vnto them: They haue no nede to go away, geue ye them to eate.
  • Matt 15:32 : 32 Then Iesus called his disciples vnto hym, and sayde: I haue compassion on the people, because they continue with me nowe three dayes, and haue nothing to eate: and I wyll not let them depart fastyng, lest they faynt in the way.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:14-15
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    87%

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

    15If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode,

  • Jas 2:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

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

    18But some man wyll say, thou hast fayth and I haue deedes: shewe me thy fayth by thy deedes, and I wyll shewe thee my faith by my deedes.

  • Isa 58:7
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    7To deale thy bread to the hungrie, and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym, and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour, and despise not thyne owne fleshe?

  • 1 John 3:17
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    17But who so hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue neede, and shutteth vp his compassion from hym: howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym?

  • 1 Cor 13:3
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    3And though I bestowe all my goodes to feede the poore, and though I geue my body that I burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothyng.

  • Matt 25:42-45
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    42For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me no drynke.

    43I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me not in: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

    44Then shall they also aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirste, or harbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or in pryson, and did not minister vnto thee?

    45Then shall he aunswere them, saying: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye dyd it not to one of the least of these, ye dyd it not to me.

  • Jas 2:20
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    20But wylt thou knowe, O thou vayne man, that that fayth which is without workes, is dead?

  • Luke 3:11
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    11He aunswereth, and sayth vnto them: He that hath two coates, let him part with hym that hath none: and he that hath meate, let hym do lykewyse.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10For when we were with you, this we warned you of: that yf any woulde not worke, the same shoulde not eate.

  • Jas 2:26
    69%

    26For as the body without the spirite is dead: euen so, fayth without workes, is dead also

  • Matt 25:35-38
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    35For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in:

    36Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me.

    37Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke?

    38When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

  • Jas 2:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng, clothed in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment:

    3And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng, and say vnto hym, sitte thou here in a good place: & say vnto the poore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my footestoole:

  • Job 22:6-7
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    69%

    6For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing.

    7To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.

  • Hag 1:6
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    6Ye haue sowen much, but ye bryng litle in: ye eate, but ye haue not inough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye cloth you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.

  • Matt 25:40
    68%

    40And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.

  • Rev 3:17
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    17Because thou sayest, I am riche and increased with goodes, and haue neede of nothyng: & knowest not howe that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poore, and blynde, and naked.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, & that nothyng be lackyng in you.

  • Ezek 18:16
    68%

    16Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence: but hath geuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment:

  • 3 John 1:5-6
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    5Beloued, thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers,

    6Which beare witnesse of thy loue before the Churche. Which brethren, yf thou bryng forwardes of their iourney after a godly sorte, thou shalt do well.

  • Matt 15:5
    68%

    5But ye say, whosoeuer shall say to father or mother: by the gyft that is offered of me, thou shalt be helped:

  • 2 Cor 8:14
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    14But that there be equalnesse nowe at this tyme, and that your aboundaunce may succour their lacke, and that their aboundaunce maye supplie your lacke, that there may be equalitie.

  • Job 24:7
    68%

    7They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
    67%

    8But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Let not your good be euyll spoken of.

  • Col 2:23
    67%

    23Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.

  • 1 Tim 6:18
    67%

    18That they do good, that they be riche in good workes, that they be redye to geue, glad to distribute:

  • Jas 5:2
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    2Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten:

  • Isa 58:10
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    10If thou hast compassion vpon the hungrie, and refreshest the troubled soule: then shall thy light spring out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe as the noone day.

  • Matt 10:9
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    9Possesse not golde, nor syluer, nor brasse in your purses,

  • 2 Cor 9:5-6
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    5Therfore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren, to come beforehand vnto you, and to prepare your good blessyng promised afore, that it myght be redy, so that it be as a blessyng, and not a defraudyng.

    6This yet I say he which soweth litle, shall reape litle: and he that soweth in geuyng largely and freely, shall reape plenteouslie.

  • Luke 12:23
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    23The lyfe is more then meate, and the body is more then rayment.

  • Heb 4:2
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    2For vnto vs was the Gospell preached, aswell as vnto them: But the worde whiche they hearde dyd not profite them, not beyng coupled with fayth to them that hearde.

  • 1 Cor 12:15-16
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    15If the foote woulde say, because I am not the hande, I am not of the body: is it therfore not of the body?

    16And yf the eare woulde say, because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: is it therfore not of the body?

  • Mark 6:9
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    9But shoulde be shoed with sandales: And that they shoulde not put on two coates.

  • Jas 1:27
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    27Pure 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.

  • Luke 6:29
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    29And vnto hym that smyteth thee on the one cheeke, offer also the other. And hym that taketh away thy cloke, forbyd not to take thy coate also.

  • Isa 55:2
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    2Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse.