30 Powerful Bible Verses on Faith Without Works is Dead

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

Who will repay each one according to his works.

And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Therefore, my beloved, as you 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.

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power.

Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share.

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, “Son, go, work today in my vineyard.”

That the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.

If you love Me, keep My commandments.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Faith without works is dead.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

We must make a choice in life: either to have faith without works, or to have works without faith; neither can stand alone.

Action expresses priorities.

Faith is not about feeling, it’s about doing.