James 1:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for James 1:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
James 1:23 is a verse from the book of James in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
James 1:23 — KJV
“For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:”
— James 1:23 (KJV)
James 1:23 in Context — About the Book of James
James, the Lord's brother, writes the New Testament's wisdom book — blunt, practical, allergic to empty religion. Ask God for wisdom and He gives generously; faith without works is dead; the tongue is a fire; and the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Cross-References for James 1:23
“Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.”
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“Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. like: Heb. as they”
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“His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.”
Shares key themes with James 1:23: word, like, face
“There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.”
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“Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.”
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