Our words mean nothing without Action
Across the Abrahamic faiths, this truth echoes with striking consistency: our words are empty—even hateful to God—when they don’t align with our deeds.
From the Qur’an:
“O YOU who have attained to faith! Why do you say one thing and do another?
Most loathsome is it in the sight of God that you say what you do not do.”
Surah As-Saff 61:2-3
From the Old Testament:
“My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.”
Ezekiel 33:31-32
From the New Testament:
“Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
James 2:17
Three variations. One timeless truth: Faith without works is hollow. Love without action is meaningless. Our integrity is measured not by what we say, but by what we do.