James 2:16

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James 2:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

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

15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

16 If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

17 So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 22:7

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

Job 22:8

while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

Job 22:9

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

Proverbs 3:28

Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.

Matthew 14:15

When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

Matthew 14:16

“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”

Matthew 15:32

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

Matthew 25:42

For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

Matthew 25:44

And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

Matthew 25:45

Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’

Romans 12:9

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.

1 John 3:16

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 John 3:17

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

1 John 3:18

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.