James 2:7

World English Bible (2000)

Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • Acts 11:26 : 26 When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
  • Rev 13:5-6 : 5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him. 6 He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.
  • Ps 111:9 : 9 He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us."
  • Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
  • Matt 27:63 : 63 saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'
  • Luke 22:64-65 : 64 Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?" 65 They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.
  • Acts 4:12 : 12 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
  • Isa 65:15 : 15 You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:
  • Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
  • Rev 19:13 : 13 He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called "The Word of God."
  • Rev 19:16 : 16 He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
  • Ps 73:7-9 : 7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. 8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
  • Acts 26:11 : 11 Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
  • Eph 3:15 : 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jas 2:1-6
    6 verses
    80%

    1 My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

    2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;

    3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;"

    4 haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

    5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

    6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

  • Rom 2:22-24
    3 verses
    77%

    22 You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

    23 You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?

    24 For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," just as it is written.

  • Jas 2:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.

    9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

  • 1 Tim 6:1
    71%

    1 Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

    8 No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.

  • Exod 20:7
    71%

    7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

  • Ps 139:20
    70%

    20 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
    70%

    9 not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

  • Jas 4:11
    69%

    11 Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

  • Lev 19:12
    69%

    12 "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

  • Rom 2:17
    69%

    17 Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,

  • Jas 5:12
    69%

    12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.

  • Acts 23:4
    69%

    4 Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"

  • Rom 14:16
    69%

    16 Then don't let your good be slandered,

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    68%

    4 They think it is strange that you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:

  • Isa 65:15
    68%

    15 You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:

  • Deut 5:11
    68%

    11 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

  • Jas 3:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

    10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

  • Jas 5:9
    68%

    9 Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

  • Eph 5:7
    68%

    7 Therefore don't be partakers with them.

  • Jude 1:17
    68%

    17 But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Jas 5:6
    68%

    6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.

  • Titus 2:8
    68%

    8 and soundness of speech that can't be condemned; that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

  • 1 Pet 4:14
    68%

    14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

  • Acts 4:18
    68%

    18 They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

  • Mal 2:9
    67%

    9 "Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.

  • 1 Cor 6:1
    67%

    1 Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

  • Jas 2:12
    67%

    12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

  • Matt 7:6
    67%

    6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Jas 4:16
    67%

    16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

  • John 5:44
    67%

    44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

  • Mic 2:6
    67%

    6 "Don't prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us."

  • 1 Cor 5:2
    67%

    2 You are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.

  • Mal 1:6
    67%

    6 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'

  • Job 13:7
    67%

    7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

  • Col 3:8
    67%

    8 but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

  • Ezek 22:8
    67%

    8 You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

  • Prov 30:10
    67%

    10 "Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

  • Rom 12:14
    67%

    14 Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.

  • 1 Thess 2:12
    67%

    12 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.