Verse 22

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 2:13 : 13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
  • Luke 6:46-48 : 46 “Why do you call me‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you? 47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice– I will show you what he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.
  • Jas 4:17 : 17 So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.
  • 1 John 2:3 : 3 Keeping God’s Commandments Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
  • Jas 2:14-20 : 14 Faith and Works Together What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them,“Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it? 17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself. 18 But someone will say,“You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that– and tremble with fear. 20 But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?
  • Rev 22:7 : 7 (Look! I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.)
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
  • Matt 7:21-27 : 21 Judgment of Pretenders“Not everyone who says to me,‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’ 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”
  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did not know his master’s will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
  • Gal 6:7 : 7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,
  • Col 3:17 : 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  • 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
  • 2 Pet 2:13 : 13 suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived:“Bad company corrupts good morals.”
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Guard 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.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say,‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
  • Obad 1:3 : 3 Your presumptuous heart has deceived you– you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself,‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.