But would you like evidence, ¹  you empty fellow, ²  that faith without works is useless? ³ 

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, ¹  practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress – as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works. ² 

It ranks first among the works of God, ¹  the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. ² 

I will remember the works of the Lord. Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago! ¹ 

The one who works ¹  his field will have plenty ²  of food, but whoever chases daydreams ³  lacks wisdom. ⁴ 

A bribe works like ¹  a charm ²  for the one who offers it; ³  in whatever he does ⁴  he succeeds. ⁵ 

Give ¹  her credit for what she has accomplished, ²  and let her works praise her ³  in the city gates. ⁴ 

Where, then, is boasting? ¹  It is excluded! By what principle? ²  Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!

For we consider that a person ¹  is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law. ² 

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation. ¹ 

So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

And, “You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, ¹  and the heavens are the works of your hands.

And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works, ¹ 

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

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

yet we know ¹  that no one ²  is justified by the works of the law ³  but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. ⁴  And ⁵  we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ ⁶  and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one ⁷  will be justified.

“O, Lord God, ¹  you have begun to show me ²  your greatness and strength. ³  (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)