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

General references

Bible References

Gentle

He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.

Love suffereth long, and is courteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not forwardly, swelleth not,

I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and softness of Christ, which when I am present among you, am of no reputation, but am bold toward you being absent.

But the fruit of the spirit is: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance.

For the fruit of the spirit is, in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

But were tender among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children,

But the servant of the Lord must not strive: but must be peaceable unto all men, and apt to teach,

that they speak evil of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, showing all meekness unto all men.

Without

are ye not even partial in your selves, and have judged after evil thoughts?

Therefore will I also make you to be despised, and to be of no reputation among all the people: because ye have not kept my ways, but been partial in the law.

I testify before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without hasty judgment, and do nothing partially.

Hypocrisy

But the churl will be churlishly minded, and his heart will work evil and play the hypocrite, and imagine abominations against God, to make the hungry lean, and withhold drink from the thirsty.

So are ye, for outward ye appear righteous unto men, when within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

As there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people - insomuch that they trod one another - he began to say unto his disciples, "First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."

Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good.

And forasmuch as ye have purified your souls through the spirit, in obeying the truth for to love brotherly without feigning, see that ye love one another with a pure heart, fervently:

Wherefore, lay aside all maliciousness, and all guile, and dissimulation, and envy, and all backbiting:

My little children, let us not love in word, nor with the tongue: but with the deed, and of a truth:

General references

neither shalt thou paint a poor man's cause.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will wish thee prosperity.

A wise man's counsel that is followed in silence, is far above the crying of a captain among fools.

Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee, be not darkness.

But the common people which know not the law are accursed."

If it be possible, howbeit of your part, have peace with all men.

If ye bite and devour one another: take heed lest ye be consumed one of another.

and that ye be diligent to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace,

For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous before God.