With more than 300 songs from James, it can take some time to go through every song. For those who simply need to find good songs quickly, this is an entirely subjective list of some of the best. Find the full list, with more information for each song, at free, searchable Expository Songs database.
James 1
Expository Songs
- James 1:12: Yield Not to Temptation (Horatio R. Palmer) 🗎
- James 1:16-21: From God above, the God of heav’n 🗎
- James 1:17: Father Of Lights (Chris Tomlin) 🗎 🎥
- James 1:17: Father of Lights (Vineyard Music) 🗎 🎥
- James 1:17: That’s Where The Joy Comes From (Steve Green/J. Elliott) 🎥
- James 1:19: Swift to Hear, Slow to Answer (John Michael Talbot/John Michael Talbot) 🗎 🎥
- James 1:22-27: Not only hearers of the word 🗎
- James 1:22: Doer of Your Word (GLAD) 🗎 🎥
Other References
- James 1:2: Count It All Joy (Sovereign Grace Music/Steve Cook, Vikki Cook) 🗎
- James 1:2: Count It All Joy (Wm. Edie Marks) 🗎
- James 1:2: Count It All Joy (Charles Billingsley, Shannon Wexelberg, and Scott Krippayne)
- James 1:2: Count It All Joy (Dottie Peoples) 🗎 🎥
- James 1:2: Count it All Joy (Scott Wesley Brown) 🎥
- James 1:2: What Kind of Joy (Steven Curtis Chapman/Steven Curtis Chapman) 🎥
- James 1:6: “Ask in Faith” the Name of Jesus (Margaret E. Barber, Geistliche Lieder) 🗎
- James 1:12: A Crown Of Life (Mylon Hayes Family/Fanny Crosby, Dianne Wilkinson, Wayne Haun) 🎥
- James 1:12: Eternal Glory and a Crown (Birdie Bell, C. Austin Miles) 🗎
- James 1:17: Father Of Lights (Petra) 🗎 🎥
- James 1:17: Father of Lights (Third Day) 🗎 🎥
- James 1:17: We Plow the Fields and Scatter (Matthias Claudius, Jane Montgomery Campbell) 🗎
- James 1:17: Father of Lights, In Whom There is No Shadow (Elizabeth Wileon, Helen Thoburn, J. Albert Jeffery)
- James 1:17: When Anyone Looks at Me (The Talleys/Geron Davis) 🗎 🎥
- James 1:19: Kindness (Steven Curtis Chapman) 🗎 🎥
- James 1:22: Be Ye Doers of the Word (Blanche Linthicum, B.B. McKinney) 🗎 🎥
- James 1:22: Doers of the Word (Daniel Whittle, James McGranahan) 🗎
- James 1:27: Woe To You (Matt Papa) 🎥
Scripture Songs
- James 1:1-12: James 1:1-12 (CSB) (Matt Papa) 🎥
- James 1:2-3: James 1:2-3 (Mark Altrogge) 🎥
- James 1:2-4: Count It All Joy (Wayne Pascall) 🎥
- James 1:2-5: James 1:2-5 (English Standard Version) (The Corner Room) 🎥
- James 1:2-18: James 1:2-18 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 1:2-18: Testing of Your Faith (James 1:2-18) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 1:5-6: Let Him Ask In Faith (James 1:5-6) (Scripture Memory Fellowship) 🎥
- James 1:12: Blessed Is the Man (James 1:12 – NKJV) (Scripture Memory Fellowship) 🎥
- James 1:12: James 1:12 (Da Vonne Lee) 🎥
- James 1:12: James 1:12 (Fighter Verse Songs) 🎥
- James 1:17-18: Lights (James 1:17,18) (Lantern Music) 🎥
- James 1:17: E for Every good gift and every perfect gift (TimSam Melodies) 🎥
- James 1:17: Every Good Gift (James 1:17) (Wunder Music) 🎥
- James 1:17: Father Of Lights (James 1:17) (Grace Evangelical Church) 🎥
- James 1:17: Heavenly Lights (James 1:17) (Seeds Family Worship) 🎥
- James 1:19-20: James 1:19-20 (Fighter Verse Songs) 🎥
- James 1:19-20: James 1:19-20 (Verses) 🎥
- James 1:19-20: Quick To Listen (James 1:19,20) (Lantern Music) 🎥
- James 1:19-27: James 1:19-27 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 1:19: Be Quick and Listen (James 1:19) (The Wonder Kids) 🎥
- James 1:22: Do What It Says (James 1:22) (Seeds Family Worship) 🎥
- James 1:22: Doers of the Word (James 1:22 and Psalm 128:1) (Big Songs for Little Saints) 🎥
- James 1:22: James 1:22 (Dimitri Caver) 🎥
- James 1:22: James 1:22 (Mark Altrogge) 🎥
- James 1:25-27: James 1:25-27 (Scripture Memory Fellowship) 🎥
James 2
References
- James 2:5: An Heir to the Kingdom (ed. E.O. Excell/Nellie Dungan, J.M. Dungan) 🗎
- James 2:8: I’m Gonna Love My Neighbor (Karen Peck & New River) 🎥
- James 2:8: Love Round (GroupMusic) 🎥
- James 2:8: Love Your Neighbor (3 Heath Brothers) 🗎 🎥
- James 2:8: Most Merciful God (Greg LaFollette (featuring Taylor Leonhardt)) 🎥
- James 2:13: Come to Us (Stuart Townend/Stuart Townend) 🗎
- James 2:14-26: Screen Door (Rich Mullins/Rich Mullins) 🎥
- James 2:17: As In Heaven (Zambroa) 🎥
- James 2:18: In vain men talk of living faith (Joseph Hart) 🗎
- James 2:18: It’s Only Faith (Gold City/Christina DeGazio, Jeff Pearson) 🎥
- James 2:19: At The Name of Jesus (The Cathedrals/Pamela Hall) 🎥
Scripture Songs
- James 2:1-7: James 2:1-7 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 2:1-13: The Sin of Partiality (James 2:1-13) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 2:1: God Sees the Heart (James 2:1) (The Wonder Kids) 🎥
- James 2:8-13: James 2:8-13 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 2:10: James 2:10 (Awana) 🎥
- James 2:14-26: Faith Without Works Is Dead (James 2:14-26) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 2:14-26: James 2:14-26 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 2:17: Faith by Itself: James 2:17 (Catholic Songs for Kids) 🎥
James 3
Expository Songs
- James 3:5-6: The Tongue (Judy Rogers) 🎥
Other References
- James 3:1: God Is Calling Faithful Men (Michael Anthony Milton) 🎥
- James 3:8: A Living Faith (Darby Hughes) 🗎 🎥
Scripture Songs
- James 3:1-12: James 3:1-12 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 3:1-12: Taming the Tongue (James 3:1-12) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 3:7-10: This Should Not Be / James 3:7-10 (Tommy and Jo Hendricks) 🎥
- James 3:13-17: The Wisdom From Above (James 3:13-14, 17 – NKJV) (Scripture Memory Fellowship) 🎥
- James 3:13-18: James 3:13-18 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 3:13-18: Wisdom from Above (James 3:13-18) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 3:17: Wisdom (James 3:17) (His Little Sheep) 🎥
James 4
Expository Songs
- James 4:4: Lover of the World (Kelly Willard) 🎥
- James 4:6: He Giveth More Grace (Annie Flint, Hubert Mitchell) 🗎 🎥
- James 4:7-8: Resist the Devil, Draw Nigh to God (Statement of Faith/Joe Kitson) 🎥
- James 4:7: Defeat the Devil (E.G. Masters) 🗎
- James 4:8: Draw Near to You (Sovereign Grace Music/Mark Altrogge) 🗎
- James 4:8: Draw Nigh to God (Colbert Croft, Joyce Croft)
- James 4:10: Humble Thyself in the Sight of the Lord (The Maranatha Singers) 🗎 🎥
- James 4:10: Humble Yourself (2nd Chapter of Acts/Annie Herring) 🗎 🎥
Other References
- James 4:8: Draw Me Nearer (Fanny Crosby) 🗎
- James 4:8: Draw Nigh to God (The Spencers)
- James 4:8: Let Us Draw Near (David Fellingham) 🎥
- James 4:8: Nearer, Still Nearer (William J. Kirkpatrick & Henry L. Gilmour/Lelia Morris) 🗎 🎥
- James 4:8: Only Christ (Glory & Gladness Music/Erik Dewar) 🗎 🎥
- James 4:8: Purify (New Hope Oahu) 🎥
- James 4:8: Refiner’s Fire (Brian Doerkson) 🗎
- James 4:10: Humble Thyself to Walk (Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr., W.J. Rogers) 🗎
- James 4:12: Abundantly Able To Save (Elisha Hoffman, P.P. Bliss) 🗎
- James 4:12: Christ Is Able to Save (Charles Billingsley/Tommy Walker, Mike Harland) 🎥
- James 4:12: Yes, I Know That He is Able (E.E. Hewitt, J. Lincoln Hall) 🗎
- James 4:14: Almost Home (Matt Boswell & Matt Papa/Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Lauren Papa) 🗎 🎥
- James 4:14: Ancient of Days (Alexon) 🎥
- James 4:14: First Love (Abe & Liza Philip) 🎥
- James 4:14: Grave Robber (Petra) 🗎 🎥
- James 4:14: In The Presence Of My Creator (Buddy Davis) 🎥
- James 4:14: Man That Is Born of a Woman (Rachel Wilhelm/Rachel Wilhelm) 🗎 🎥
- James 4:14: Spread Thy Wings (Red Mountain Music/E. Thompson Baird (1821-1887), Clint Wells (2009)) 🗎 🎥
- James 4:14: When I Am Gone (4Him) 🗎 🎥
- James 4:14: Who Are We? (20Schemes Music) 🎥
Scripture Songs
- James 4:1-10: James 4:1-10 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 4:1-12: Warning Against Worldliness (James 4:1-12) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 4:6-10: Humble Yourselves (James 4:6b, 10 – NIV) (Scripture Memory Fellowship) 🎥
- James 4:7-8: Come Near to God (James 4:7-8a – NIV) (Scripture Memory Fellowship) 🎥
- James 4:7: James 4:7 (David Crain) 🎥
- James 4:7: Resist the Devil, James 4:7 (Mrs. Candace and the Sonbeams Choir) 🎥
- James 4:8: D: James 4:8 (Scripture Memory Fellowship) 🎥
- James 4:10: Humility (James 4:10) (His Little Sheep) 🎥
- James 4:11-12: James 4:11-12 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 4:13-14: James 4:13-14 (Verses) 🎥
- James 4:13-17: Boasting About Tomorrow (James 4:13-17) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 4:13-17: James 4:13-17 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 4:13-17: James 4:13-17 (feat. Adelyn Jamison and Phil Krause) (Fighter Verse Songs) 🎥
James 5
Expository Songs
- James 5:16-17: The Effectual Fervent Prayer (The Martins/Joyce Martin McCullough) 🎥
Other References
- James 5:12: Leaning (Matt Maher) 🗎 🎥
- James 5:13: Wrapped up in You (Wayne Pascall) 🎥
- James 5:16: God’s Love Letter (Christine Wyrtzen) 🎥
- James 5:20: Love Covered My Sin (Doug Anderson) 🎥
Scripture Songs
- James 5:1-6: James 5:1-6 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 5:1-6: Warning to the Rich (James 5:1-6) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 5:7-12: James 5:7-12 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 5:7-12: Patience in Suffering (James 5:7-12) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 5:13-18: James 5:13-18 (The Indelible Project) 🎥
- James 5:13-20: The Prayer of Faith (James 5:13-20) (Adam Cain) 🎥
- James 5:13: We Should Pray (James 5:13) (The Wonder Kids) 🎥
- James 5:16: The Prayer of a Righteous Man (James 5:16) (The Wonder Kids) 🎥
- James 5:19-20: James 5:19-20 (The Indelible Project) 🎥