James 5:20

WEB

²⁰let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

KJV

²⁰Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

BSB

²⁰consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

FBV

²⁰let them know that whoever rescues a sinner from the error of their ways will save them from death, and will gain forgiveness for many sins.

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Extra References

1 Peter 4:8

⁸And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Proverbs 10:12

¹²Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

1 Timothy 4:16

¹⁶Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Proverbs 11:30

³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

Romans 11:14

¹⁴if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

James 5:19

¹⁹Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

1 Corinthians 9:22

²²To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Proverbs 11:4

⁴Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Psalms 32:1

¹Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

James 1:15

¹⁵Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.