James 1:26

World English Bible (WEB)

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

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24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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James 1:26 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
KJV King James Version: 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
ASV American Standard Version: If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain [is] the religion;
DBY Darby Translation: If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
WBS Webster Bible: If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.