James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Cross References (25)

  • Isaiah 1:16–17 (75)

    Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

  • 1 John 3:17–19 (54)

    If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of

  • Galatians 6:9–10 (44)

    Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • Romans 12:2 (40)

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and ap

  • Matthew 25:34–46 (36)

    Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for

  • Isaiah 58:6–7 (30)

    Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the op

  • 1 John 2:15–17 (28)

    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • Job 31:15–20 (26)

    Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

  • 1 Timothy 5:4 (23)

    But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay thei

  • Job 29:12–13 (22)

    because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

  • Colossians 3:1–3 (21)

    Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand

  • Psalms 68:5 (21)

    A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.

  • Psalms 119:1 (20)

    Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.

  • James 4:4 (20)

    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to

  • Luke 1:6 (18)

    Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 1:23 (16)

    Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe

  • James 3:17 (14)

    But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit,

  • Matthew 5:8 (13)

    Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

  • 1 Timothy 1:5 (13)

    The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

  • 1 John 5:4–5 (12)

    because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

  • 1 John 5:18 (11)

    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one can

  • John 17:14–15 (9)

    I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

  • Galatians 6:14 (7)

    But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucifi

  • Galatians 1:4 (7)

    who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

  • Galatians 5:6 (6)

    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself throu