James 5:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
  • Rom 11:14 : 14 if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
  • 1 Cor 9:22 : 22 To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.
  • Ps 32:1 : 1 By David; a well-written song. How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!
  • Jas 5:19 : 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
  • Phlm 1:19 : 19 I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.
  • Jas 1:15 : 15 Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • John 5:24 : 24 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
  • Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Rev 20:6 : 6 Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

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    19My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

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    26When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.

    27When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

    28Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

  • Prov 28:13
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    13The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

  • Ezek 3:19-21
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    19But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life.

    20“When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

    21However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

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    13Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you.

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    10Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

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    20Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.

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    17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

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    18When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

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  • 1 John 5:16-17
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    16If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

    17All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin not resulting in death.

  • Prov 11:30
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    30The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

  • Lev 5:4-5
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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–

    5when an individual becomes guilty with regard to one of these things he must confess how he has sinned,

  • Ezek 33:9
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    9But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

  • Jas 5:15
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    15And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up– and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

  • Lev 5:17
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    17Unknown trespass“If a person sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments which must not be violated(although he did not know it at the time, but later realizes he is guilty), then he will bear his punishment for iniquity

  • Ezek 18:20-21
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    20The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.

    21“But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

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    19Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

  • Prov 11:19
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    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

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    17So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

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    3Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

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  • Isa 55:7
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    21So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

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    6Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the LORD one avoids evil.

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    8If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

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