James 1:25

Doers Of The Message, Not Just Hearers

²⁴ and studies himself carefully, and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looks like. ²⁵ But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it thereby demonstrating that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what that law requires will be blessed in what he does. ²⁶ If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.

Forgetful Hearer

Law of Liberty

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Luke 11:28

But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"

John 13:17

If you understand these things, how blessed you are if you put them into practice!

Galatians 5:1

The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.

James 2:12

You must make it your habit to speak and act like people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.

1 Peter 2:16

Live like free people, and do not use your freedom as an excuse for doing evil. Instead, be God's servants.

1 Samuel 12:14

If you fear the LORD, serve him, obey him, and don't rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then both you and the king who rules over you will truly follow the LORD your God.

Psalm 19:7-11

The Law of the LORD is perfect, restoring life. The testimony of the LORD is steadfast, making foolish people wise.

Psalm 106:3

How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time.

Psalm 119:2-3

How blessed are those who observe his decrees, who seek him with all of their heart,

Psalm 119:32

I eagerly race along the way of your commands, for you enable me to do so. He

Psalm 119:45

I will walk in liberty, for I seek your precepts.

Psalm 119:96-105

I have observed that all things have their limit, but your commandment is very broad. Mem

Proverbs 14:15

An unthinking person believes everything, but the prudent one thinks before acting.

Isaiah 8:20

for instruction and for testimony? Surely they are speaking like this because the truth hasn't dawned on them.

Luke 6:47-49

I will show you what everyone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.

John 8:31-32

So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.

John 8:36

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!"

John 15:9-10

Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love.

Acts 2:42

The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.

Acts 13:43

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 26:22

I've had help from God to this day, and so I stand here to testify to both the powerful and the lowly alike, stating only what the prophets and Moses said would happen

Romans 2:7-8

eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;

Romans 7:12

So then, the Law itself is holy, and the rule is holy, just, and good.

Romans 7:22-23

For I delight in the Law of God in my inner being,

Romans 8:15

For you have not received a spirit of slavery that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

Romans 11:22

Consider, then, the kindness and severity of God: his severity toward those who fell, but God's kindness toward you if you continue receiving his kindness. Otherwise, you too will be cut off.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Lord's Spirit is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Keep examining yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. Test yourselves! You know, don't you, that Jesus the Messiah lives in you? Could it be that you are failing the test?

Galatians 2:4

However, false brothers were secretly brought in. They slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in the Messiah Jesus so that they might enslave us.

Colossians 1:23

However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

1 Timothy 2:15

even though she will be saved through the birth of the Child, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, along with good judgment.

1 Timothy 4:16

Pay close attention to your life and your teaching. Persevere in these things, because if you do so, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled.

James 1:23-24

For if anyone hears the word but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror

1 John 2:24

What you have heard from the beginning must abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, you will also abide in the Son and in the Father.

Revelation 14:13

I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: How blessed are the dead, that is, those who die in the Lord from now on!" "Yes," says the Spirit. "Let them rest from their labors, for their actions follow them."

Revelation 22:14

"How blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city!