James 4:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.”
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“Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
King James Version · Public Domain“To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo James 4:17 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 12:47That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
- John 9:41“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- John 13:17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- Romans 1:20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
- Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
- Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
- Romans 7:13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
- 2 Peter 2:21It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
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