James 3:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Gentle

Without

James 2:4

Malachi 2:9

1 Timothy 5:21

Hypocrisy

1 John 3:18

General references

Bible References

Gentle

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ--I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!--

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,

to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

Without

have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction."

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.

Hypocrisy

For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the LORD, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

General references

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, "Peace be within you!"

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.

But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed."

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.