James 2:10

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“Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.”

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BSBPD

“Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo James 2:10 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 27:26‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  2. Jeremiah 32:23They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.
  3. Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
  4. Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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