James 1:19

Legacy Standard Bible

Know this, my beloved brothers. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:18

And he read from the book of the law of God daily, from the first day to the last day. And they celebrated the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly according to the legal judgment.

Nehemiah 9:17

“They refused to listen, And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You did among them; So they became stiff-necked and gave themselves a chief to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a God of lavish forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness; And You did not forsake them.

Nehemiah 9:3

And they rose up in their place and read from the book of the law of Yahweh their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they were confessing and worshiping Yahweh their God.

Job 32:16

“Shall I wait, because they do not speak, Because they stand still and no longer answer?

Proverbs 10:19

When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who holds back his lips has insight.

Proverbs 13:3

The one who guards his mouth keeps his soul; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 14:17

A quick-tempered man acts in folly, And a man of evil schemes is hated.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger has great discernment, But he who is quick-tempered raises up folly.

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, But the slow to anger quiets a dispute.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge look good, But the mouth of fools pours forth folly.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures a city.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 17:27

He who holds back his words has knowledge, And he who has a cool spirit is a man of discernment.

Proverbs 18:13

He who responds with a word before he hears, It is folly and shame to him.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 19:11

A man’s insight makes him slow to anger, And it is his honor to overlook a transgression.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath will bear the penalty, For if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

Proverbs 21:23

He who keeps his mouth and his tongue, Keeps his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 25:28

Like a city that is broken into and without a wall Is a man without restraint over his spirit.

Proverbs 29:20

Do you behold a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Numbers 22:27

Then the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh and lay down under Balaam; so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ shall be guilty before the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

Mark 12:37

David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; so in what sense is He his son?” And the large crowd enjoyed listening to Him.

Mark 2:2

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.

Luke 15:1

Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him.

Luke 19:48

and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people hung upon every word He said.

Acts 1:15

And in those days, Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (a crowd of about 120 persons was there together), and said,

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been ordered by the Lord.”

Acts 13:48

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

Acts 17:11

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Acts 2:42

And they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and anger and wrath and shouting and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body, and be thankful.

Colossians 3:8

But now you also, lay them all aside: wrath, anger, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And for this reason we also thank God without ceasing that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

James 1:16

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

James 1:2

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,

James 1:26

If anyone thinks himself to be religious while not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

James 2:1

My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

James 3:10

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

James 4:11

Do not slander one another, brothers. He who slanders a brother or judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

James 5:12

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

James 5:19

My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back,

1 John 2:21

I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth.