James 1:22

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

Cross References (29)

  • Romans 2:13 (138)

    For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared r

  • Luke 6:46–48 (98)

    Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?

  • John 13:17 (81)

    If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

  • James 4:17 (69)

    Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

  • 1 John 2:3 (65)

    By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

  • Luke 11:28 (57)

    But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

  • James 2:14–20 (44)

    What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

  • Matthew 12:50 (39)

    For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

  • Colossians 3:17 (36)

    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 H

  • Matthew 7:21–27 (32)

    Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father

  • James 1:26 (28)

    If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is wort

  • Revelation 22:7 (27)

    “Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”

  • 1 John 3:7 (26)

    Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

  • Galatians 6:7 (24)

    Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

  • 3 John 1:11 (17)

    Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not s

  • Luke 12:47–48 (17)

    That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blow

  • Galatians 6:3 (15)

    If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

  • Matthew 28:20 (14)

    and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9 (14)

    Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, n

  • 1 John 1:8 (12)

    If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • Philippians 4:8 (10)

    Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, wha

  • 1 Corinthians 15:33 (9)

    Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

  • 2 Peter 2:13 (7)

    The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. Th

  • Titus 3:3 (6)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • Obadiah 1:3 (6)

    The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say

  • Revelation 12:9 (6)

    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. H

  • 2 Timothy 3:13 (5)

    while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

  • Isaiah 44:20 (5)

    He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my

  • 1 Corinthians 3:18 (4)

    Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become