James 1:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,”
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“My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo James 1:19 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 22:27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
- Nehemiah 8:2On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
- Nehemiah 8:12Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
- Nehemiah 8:18Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
- Nehemiah 9:3While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.
- Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
- Job 32:16Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
- Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
- Proverbs 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
- Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- Proverbs 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
- Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 17:27A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
- Proverbs 18:13He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
- Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Proverbs 19:11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- Proverbs 19:19A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
- Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
- Proverbs 25:28Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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