James 3:13
Who has chochmah and binah among you? Let him show by his hitnahagut hatovah (good conduct) that the ma'asim of him are of the shiflut (lowliness) of chochmah.
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Numbers 12:3(Now the man Moshe was anav me'od, above all the men which were upon the face of ha'adamah.)
Job 28:28And unto adam He said, 1 See, the Yirat Adonoi, that is chochmah, 1 and to depart from rah is binah.
Psalms 45:4Gird Thy cherev upon Thy side, O Gibbor, + 45:4 See Isa 9:6 [5] 1 with Thy hod (glory, splendor) and Thy hadar (majesty). 1
Psalms 122:8L'ma'an (for the sake of) my achim and companions, 1 I will now say, Shalom be within thee. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is the chacham? 1 And who knoweth the pesher (interpretation, explanation) of a thing? 1 A manʼs chochmah maketh his face bright, 1 and the rudeness of his face is changed.
Isaiah 11:3And His delight shall be in the Yir'at Hashem: 1 and He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, 1 neither reprove after the hearing of His ears: 1
Matthew Henry on James 3:2-13
Government of the Tongue. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,… Read the whole commentary →