James 3:17

Legacy Standard Bible

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruits, without doubting, without hypocrisy.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:12

behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.

1 Kings 3:28

Then all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

1 Kings 3:9

So give Your slave a listening heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this glorious people of Yours?”

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only Yahweh give you insight and understanding, and give you command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.

1 Chronicles 22:9

Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

Job 28:12

¶“But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:23

¶“God understands its way, And He knows its place.

Job 28:28

“So He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to turn away from evil is understanding.’ ”

Exodus 36:2

Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every person wise at heart to whom Yahweh had given wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to do it.

Proverbs 2:6

For Yahweh gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and discernment.

Isaiah 2:4

And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war.

Isaiah 32:6

For a wicked fool speaks wicked folly, And his heart does wickedness: To do ungodliness and to speak error against Yahweh, In order to make the hungry person empty; He even causes the thirsty to lack a drink.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd He will shepherd His flock; In His arm He will gather the lambs And carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

Daniel 1:17

And as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and insight in every branch of literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

Malachi 2:9

“So I also have made you despised and low before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction.

Malachi 3:3

And He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

Matthew 23:28

In this way, you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 5:8

¶Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:9

¶Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Luke 21:15

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said about him, “Behold, truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

Acts 11:24

for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable crowd was brought to the Lord.

Acts 9:36

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated is called Dorcas). This woman was full of good works and charity which she continually did.

Romans 12:18

if possible, so far as it depends on you, being at peace with all men,

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy—by abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good,

Romans 15:14

But I myself am also convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge and being able also to admonish one another.

1 Corinthians 12:8

For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I, Paul, myself plead with you by the gentleness and forbearance of Christ—I who am humble when face-to-face with you, but courageous toward you when absent!

2 Corinthians 6:6

in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unhypocritical love,

2 Corinthians 7:11

For behold what earnestness this very thing—this godly sorrow—has brought about in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness;

Ephesians 5:9

(for the fruit of that light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

Philippians 1:11

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is dignified, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, consider these things.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and multiplying in the full knowledge of God;

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.

1 Timothy 5:21

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His elect angels, to observe these instructions without bias, doing nothing in partiality.

2 Timothy 2:24

And the Lord’s slave must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

Titus 1:15

To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Titus 3:2

to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate, demonstrating all gentleness to all men.

Hebrews 12:11

And all discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful, but to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord,

James 1:17

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

James 1:5

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

James 2:13

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 2:4

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

James 3:15

This wisdom is not coming down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.

James 4:8

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1 Peter 1:22

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a love of the brothers without hypocrisy, fervently love one another from the heart,

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, laying aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

1 Peter 2:18

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are crooked.

1 John 3:18

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

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.