The Best Bible Verses in James (ESV)
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James
• James 1:2-3 Count it all joy…when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
• James 1:12 “Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life”
• James 1:13 “For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;
• James 1:14 “each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed”
• James 1:15 “Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”
• James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation
• James1:19–20 let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God
• James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
• James 1:26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
• James 1:27 Religion that is pure &undefiled…to visit orphans widows in their affliction, & to keep oneself unstained from the world.
• James 2:1 “show no partiality”
• James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.
• James 2:17 faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead
• James 2:19 “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.”
• James2:26 "faith apart from works is dead.”
• James 3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
• James 3:8 no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
• James 3:10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
• James 3:14–15 if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts…This is …earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
• James 3:17 wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
• James 4:1 “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?”
• James 4:3 “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”
• James 4:4 “friendship with the world is hatred toward God..Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.”
• James 4:6 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
• James 4:7-8 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, & he will flee from you. Draw near to God, & he will draw near to you.”
• James 4:8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
• James 4:15 you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
• James 4:17 "So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”
• James 5:7,9 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. …Do not grumble against one another
• James 5:11 we consider those blessed who remained steadfast….you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate & merciful
• James 5:12 do not swear…by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.
• James 5:14 “Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him &anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.”
• James 5:16 “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.”
• James 5:16 “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful.”
• James5:20 “whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death &will cover a multitude of sins”