Verse 20

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
  • 1 Tim 1:6 : 6 Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.
  • Titus 1:10 : 10 For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,
  • 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.
  • Jas 2:17 : 17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.
  • Job 11:11-12 : 11 For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it? 12 But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.
  • Ps 94:8-9 : 8 Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand? 9 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see? 10 Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings! 11 The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.
  • 1 Cor 15:35-36 : 35 The Resurrection Body But someone will say,“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” 36 Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.