James 1:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”
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“He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“a two-souled man <FI>is<Fi> unstable in all his ways.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo James 1:8 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
- 2 Kings 17:33They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
- 2 Kings 17:41So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
- Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- Hosea 7:8Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
- Hosea 10:2Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
- Matthew 6:22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
- Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- 2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
- 2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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