Bible Verses About Faith and Works
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for faith and works, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,012 votes, led by James 2:14-26. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Faith and Works
James 2:14-26287 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Ephesians 2:8-10266 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Galatians 5:6217 votes
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Romans 3:28216 votes
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
James 2:17208 votes
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Hebrews 11:6181 votes
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
James 2:24172 votes
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Galatians 2:16160 votes
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Hebrews 11:1157 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
James 2:18152 votes
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Matthew 5:16142 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
James 2:26137 votes
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
1 John 3:18111 votes
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Philippians 2:12-13107 votes
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
James 1:22-25101 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
2 Corinthians 5:796 votes
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Matthew 7:21-2389 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
James 2:2089 votes
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
1 Corinthians 13:286 votes
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Ephesians 2:8-985 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Titus 3:884 votes
This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
Romans 4:583 votes
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
James 2:1483 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
James 2:20-2482 votes
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
1 Thessalonians 1:380 votes
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
What does the Bible say about faith and works?
Readers most often cite James 2:14-26 on the subject of faith and works. Across 7,012 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 2:8-10, Galatians 5:6, Romans 3:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.