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James 1:19-20 KJV
James · chapter 1 · verses 19–20 · King James Version
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.James 1:19-20 · King James Version
James 1:19-20 in context
17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Cross references
- Proverbs 17:27
- Proverbs 21:23
- Proverbs 14:29
- Proverbs 10:19
- Proverbs 18:13
- Proverbs 13:3
- Ephesians 4:26
- Proverbs 16:32
- 2 Timothy 2:24-25
- James 3:17-18
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- belovedagapētosbeloved, esteemed, dear, favourite, worthy of loveG27 →
- workethkatergazomaito perform, accomplish, achieve, to work outG2716 →
- swifttachysquick, fleet, speedyG5036 →
- speaklaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- wrathorgēanger, the natural disposition, temper, character, movement or agitation of the soul…G3709 →
- hearakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
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