James 1:19
You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
In Context
20For the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God.
Cross References
Numbers 22:27And when the donkey had seen the Angel standing there, she fell under the feet of the rider, who, being angry, struck her sides more vehemently with a club.
Nehemiah 8:12And so all the people went forth, so that they might eat and drink, and so that they might send portions, and so that they might make a great rejoicing. For they understood the words that he had taught to them.
Nehemiah 9:3And they arose to stand. And they read in the volume of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed. And they adored the Lord their God.
Job 32:16Therefore, because I have waited and they have not been speaking, for they stood firm and did not respond at all,
Proverbs 10:19In a multitude of speaking, sin will not be lacking. But whoever tempers his lips is most prudent.
Proverbs 14:17The impatient will work foolishness. And a resourceful man is hated.
Matthew Henry on James 1:14-19
Procedure and Results of Sin. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no… Read the whole commentary →