James 1:24
For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.
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- 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,
- Judg 8:18 : 18 He said to Zebah and Zalmunna,“Describe for me the men you killed at Tabor.” They said,“They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.”
- Matt 8:27 : 27 And the men were amazed and said,“What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”
- Luke 1:66 : 66 All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying,“What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.
- Luke 7:39 : 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself,“If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
- 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction(surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).
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- Jas 1:22-232 verses85%
22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
23For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.
- Jas 1:25-262 verses81%
25But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.
26If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
- Gal 6:3-42 verses74%
3For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
4Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.
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9But concerning the one who lacks such things– he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.
- Ps 36:2-32 verses71%
2for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.
3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
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4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
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21For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.
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11He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”
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3Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?
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18Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
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16For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.
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24The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?
- Jas 1:7-82 verses69%
7For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.
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21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.
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12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
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41Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?
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27That person sings to others, saying:‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
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6They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one can live.
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24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.
25All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.
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25For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
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6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”
- Jas 1:10-112 verses68%
10But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.
11For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
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11For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?
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4or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths–
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22Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
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7for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
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11The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?
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24For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,
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1One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
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12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.
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15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.
16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.
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32Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson:
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14“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
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14You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
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3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.
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18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.
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11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.
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3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.
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2For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.
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4Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
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14“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.
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13The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.