James 2:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.”
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BSBPD
“Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo James 2:15 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
- Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Isaiah 58:10and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
- Ezekiel 18:7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
- Matthew 25:35For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
- Mark 14:7The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
- Luke 3:11John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
- Acts 9:29He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
- Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
- James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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