Devine Scripture

James 1:23

James chapter 1 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

Context

v.22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

v.23This passage

v.24for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 33:31

    And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.

  • Luke 6:47

    Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:

  • James 2:14

    What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

  • Matthew 7:26

    And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:

  • Jeremiah 44:16

    As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.