James 2:16 Cross References

James 2:16

16: and you say, "Well, good-bye and God bless you; stay warm and eat well"--but then you don't give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

Proverbs 3:27

  1. Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them.
  2. If you can help your neighbor now, don't say, "Come back tomorrow, and then I'll help you."

1 John 3:16

  1. We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.
  2. But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help--how can God's love be in that person?
  3. Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions.

Romans 12:9

  1. Don't just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good.

Matthew 25:42

  1. For I was hungry, and you didn't feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn't give me anything to drink.
  2. I was a stranger, and you didn't invite me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me no clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
  3. "Then they will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?'
  4. And he will answer, 'I assure you, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.'

2 Corinthians 8:8

  1. I am not saying you must do it, even though the other churches are eager to do it. This is one way to prove your love is real.

Matthew 15:32

  1. Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry, or they will faint along the road."

Matthew 14:15

  1. That evening the disciples came to him and said, "This is a desolate place, and it is getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves."
  2. But Jesus replied, "That isn't necessary--you feed them."

Job 22:7

  1. You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.
  2. After all, you think the land belongs to the powerful and that those who are privileged have a right to it!
  3. You must have sent widows away without helping them and crushed the strength of orphans.
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