James 5:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.

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  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love will cover a multitude of sins.
  • Rom 11:14 : 14 if by any means I may provoke to emulation those who are my flesh and save some of them.
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine; continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
  • 1 Cor 9:22 : 22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.
  • Ps 32:1 : 1 Blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
  • Jas 5:19 : 19 Brethren, if any of you stray from the truth, and someone turns him back;
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Phlm 1:19 : 19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it: although I do not say to you that you owe me even your own self besides.
  • Jas 1:15 : 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
  • Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Rev 20:6 : 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. On such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 5:19
    85%

    19Brethren, if any of you stray from the truth, and someone turns him back;

  • Ezek 18:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

    27Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

    28Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  • Prov 28:13
    73%

    13He who covers his sins shall not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

  • Ezek 3:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

    20Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

    21Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous do not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.

  • Ps 51:13
    71%

    13Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners shall be converted to you.

  • Prov 15:10
    71%

    10Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • 1 Tim 5:20
    70%

    20Those who sin rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.

  • Prov 10:17
    70%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Ezek 33:18-19
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    70%

    18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

    19But if the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.

  • 1 John 5:16-17
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    70%

    16If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should pray about that.

    17All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

  • Prov 11:30
    69%

    30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

  • Lev 5:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4Or if a person swears, speaking falsely with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a person may pronounce with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he becomes aware of it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.

    5And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing:

  • Ezek 33:9
    69%

    9Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

  • Jas 5:15
    69%

    15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

  • Lev 5:17
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    17And if a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he did not know it, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his guilt.

  • Ezek 18:20-21
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    69%

    20The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

    21But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all My statutes, and do what is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  • Prov 19:16
    69%

    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.

  • Prov 16:17
    68%

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 17:9
    68%

    9He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

  • Job 33:28
    68%

    28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

  • Prov 8:36
    68%

    36But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.

  • 2 Tim 2:25
    68%

    25in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,

  • Ezek 33:14
    68%

    14Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right;

  • Ps 19:12
    68%

    12Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.

  • Acts 3:19
    68%

    19Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

  • Prov 11:19
    68%

    19As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Jas 4:17
    67%

    17Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

  • Luke 17:3
    67%

    3Take heed to yourselves: If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

  • Prov 13:6
    67%

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 22:5
    67%

    5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.

  • Isa 55:7
    67%

    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • Jas 1:21
    67%

    21Therefore lay aside all filthiness and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

  • Prov 16:6
    67%

    6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil.

  • Titus 3:11
    67%

    11Knowing that such a person is warped and sinful, being self-condemned.

  • Prov 10:9
    67%

    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 21:16
    67%

    16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Ezek 18:24
    67%

    24But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.

  • 1 John 1:8-9
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    66%

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  • Prov 5:23
    66%

    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Prov 14:12
    66%

    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Prov 10:12
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    12Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.