James 1:19-25

19Remember this, my dear brothers and sisters: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and should not get angry easily.

20An angry person doesn’t do what God approves of.

21So get rid of all immoral behavior and all the wicked things you do. Humbly accept the word that God has placed in you. This word can save you.

22Do what God’s word says. Don’t merely listen to it, or you will fool yourselves.

23If someone listens to God’s word but doesn’t do what it says, he is like a person who looks at his face in a mirror,

24studies his features, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like.

25However, the person who continues to study God’s perfect laws that make people free and who remains committed to them will be blessed. People like that don’t merely listen and forget; they actually do what God’s laws say.