James 1:19
You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 worketh not the justice of God.
Cross References
Numbers 22:27And when the ass saw the angel standing, she fell under the feet of the rider: who being angry beat her sides more vehemently with a staff.
Nehemiah 8:12So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them.
Nehemiah 9:3And they rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed, and adored the Lord their God.
Job 32:16Therefore because I have waited, and they have not spoken : they stood, and answered no more :
Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips is most wise.
Proverbs 14:17The impatient man shall work folly: and the crafty man is hateful.
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 →