James 1:19
Remember this, my dear friends: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak, and slow to get angry,
Free Bible 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
20because human anger doesn't reflect the good character of God.
Cross References
Numbers 22:27The donkey saw the angel of the Lord and lay down under Balaam. He got angry and beat it with his walking stick.
Nehemiah 8:12Then everyone went away to eat and drink, and to share their food. They celebrated happily because now they understood the Law as it had been explained to them.
Nehemiah 9:3They spent three hours standing there reading the Book of the Law of the Lord their God, and another three hours confessing their sins and worshiping the Lord their God.
Job 32:16Should I continue to wait since you're no longer talking, just standing there saying nothing?
Proverbs 10:19If you talk too much, you'll say something wrong. Be wise and take care what you say.
Proverbs 14:17Quick-tempered people act foolishly, while people who make evil plans are 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 →