James 1:19

Bible in Basic English 1965

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:18

And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.

Nehemiah 9:17

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.

Nehemiah 9:3

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.

Job 32:16

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

Proverbs 10:19

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

Proverbs 13:3

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

Proverbs 14:17

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

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

Proverbs 15:18

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

Proverbs 15:2

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

Proverbs 16:32

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.

Proverbs 17:14

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

Proverbs 17:27

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

Proverbs 18:13

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

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

Proverbs 19:11

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

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

Proverbs 21:23

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

Proverbs 25:28

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

Proverbs 29:20

Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

Numbers 22:27

And the ass saw the angel of the Lord and went down on the earth under Balaam; and full of wrath, Balaam gave her hard blows with his stick.

Matthew 5:22

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.

Mark 12:37

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

Mark 2:2

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.

Luke 15:1

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

Luke 19:48

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

Acts 1:15

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers there were about one hundred and twenty of them, and said,

Acts 10:33

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.

Acts 13:48

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

Acts 17:11

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.

Acts 2:42

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

Ephesians 4:26

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

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

Colossians 3:8

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

1 Thessalonians 2:13

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.

James 1:16

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

James 1:2

Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

James 1:26

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.

James 2:1

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.

James 2:5

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

James 4:11

Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

James 5:12

But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

James 5:19

My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

1 John 2:21

I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.