James 1:26 · KJV
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.”
— James 1:26
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. {deed: or, doing}
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, {and} to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 1 — Context
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25But 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. {deed: or, doing}
26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.
27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, {and} to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Cross References
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}
Psalms 141:3
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
1 Peter 3:10
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Ephesians 5:4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Psalms 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 19:1
Better {is} the poor that walketh in his integrity, than {he that is} perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips {is} wise.