James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of James 1

5 songs meet this passage

  • “As a nation simply stares”

    The Little Things Give You Away · LINKIN PARK

    strains against James 1:27

    The song indicts a watching nation's failure to care for the suffering, echoing the biblical call to active compassion that the world here withholds.

  • “And no religion too”

    Imagine · John Lennon

    strains against James 1:27

    Where James frames true religion as care for the vulnerable, the song treats religion itself as the thing standing between humanity and peace.

  • Blowin' In the Wind · Bob Dylan

    resonates with James 1:27

    True religion is framed as attentive compassion toward the suffering, the very attentiveness the song is demanding of its listener.

  • “we're adoptin”

    Life Changes · Thomas Rhett

    resonates with James 1:27

    Adoption as an act of love mirrors the care Scripture calls believers to extend to orphans.

  • “Killed an orphan's parents and now he sad”

    Syrup · Slump Ak

    strains against James 1:27

    Scripture calls believers to care for orphans; the song instead jokes about creating one through violence.

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