James 1:19

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Summary

James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Let

Slow to speak

Slow to wrath

General references

Job 32:16

Mark 6:33

Bible References

Let

And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.

And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.

Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

David himself gives him the name of Lord; and how then is he his son? And the common people gave ear to him gladly.

Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.

But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

Slow to speak

If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

Slow to wrath

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

General references

And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.