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Jam 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

looketh		Pro 14:15; Isa 8:20; 2Cr 13:5; Hbr 12:15
the perfect		Jam 2:12; Psa 19:7-10; Psa 119:32,45,96-105; Rom 7:12,22,23
liberty		Jhn 8:32,36; Rom 8:15; 2Cr 3:17,18; Gal 5:1; 1Pe 2:16
and		1Sa 12:14; Jhn 8:31; Jhn 15:9,10; Act 2:42; Act 13:43; Act 26:22; Rom 2:7,8; Rom 11:22; Col 1:23; 1Ti 2:15; 1Ti 4:16; 1Jo 2:24
a forgetful		Jam 1:23,24
this		Psa 19:11; Psa 106:3; Psa 119:2,3; Luk 6:47; etc.; Luk 11:28; Jhn 13:17; 1Cr 15:58; Rev 14:13; Rev 22:14
deed		or, doing.

Correlating Passages

looketh

	Pro 14:15	The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.
	Isa 8:20	To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
	2Cr 13:5	Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
	Hbr 12:15	Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;

the perfect

	Jam 2:12	So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
	Psa 19:7	The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.
	Psa 19:8	The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
	Psa 19:9	The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.
	Psa 19:10	More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
	Psa 119:32	I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
	Psa 119:45	And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
	Psa 119:96	I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad.
	Psa 119:97	MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.
	Psa 119:98	Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.
	Psa 119:99	I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
	Psa 119:100	I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
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	Rom 7:12	Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
	Rom 7:22	For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
	Rom 7:23	But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

liberty

	Jhn 8:32	And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
	Jhn 8:36	If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
	Rom 8:15	For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
	2Cr 3:17	Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.
	2Cr 3:18	But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
	Gal 5:1	Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
	1Pe 2:16	As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

and

	1Sa 12:14	If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
	Jhn 8:31	Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed;
	Jhn 15:9	As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
	Jhn 15:10	If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
	Act 2:42	And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
	Act 13:43	Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
	Act 26:22	Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
	Rom 2:7	To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
	Rom 2:8	But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
	Rom 11:22	Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
	Col 1:23	If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
	1Ti 2:15	Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
	1Ti 4:16	Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
	1Jo 2:24	Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

a forgetful

	Jam 1:23	For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
	Jam 1:24	For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

this

	Psa 19:11	Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward.
	Psa 106:3	Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
	Psa 119:2	Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.
	Psa 119:3	They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
	Luk 6:47	Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
	Luk 11:28	But he said, Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
	Jhn 13:17	If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
	1Cr 15:58	Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
	Rev 14:13	And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
	Rev 22:14	Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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Scott, Thomas. "James 1:25," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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