James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 11:28He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.
Isaiah 32:16Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.
Amos 6:12Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
John 4:36He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
Philippians 1:11Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
James 1:20For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
Matthew Henry on James 3:14-18
Properties of Wisdom. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be… Read the whole commentary →