James 3:17
But the chochmah from above is berishonah (in the first place) tehorah (pure), then ohevet shalom (peace-loving), then eidel (gentle) and considerate, then full of rachamim and p'ri tov, and without maso panim and tzevi'ut.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16For where kina and anochiyut are, there is tohu vavohu (disorder, chaos) and every ra'ah.
Cross References
Exodus 36:2And Moshe called Betzalel and Oholiav, and kol ish chacham lev, in whose lev Hashem had given chochmah, even every one whose lev stirred him up to come unto the work to do it;
1 Kings 3:12Hinei, I have done according to thy devarim; hinei, I have given thee a discerning lev chacham; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Chronicles 22:9Hinei, Ben shall be born to thee, who shall be an ish menuchah (man of rest); and I will give him rest from all his oyevim all around; for shmo shall be Sh'lomo, and I will grant shalom and sheket (quiet) unto Yisroel in his yamim (days).
Job 28:12But where shall chochmah be found? 1 And where is the makom binah? 1
Job 28:28And unto adam He said, 1 See, the Yirat Adonoi, that is chochmah, 1 and to depart from rah is binah.
Isaiah 2:4And He shall judge among the Goyim, 1 and shall arbitrate for amim rabbim; 1 and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, 1 and their spears into pruning hooks; 1 Goy shall not lift up cherev against Goy, 1 neither shall they train for milchamah any more. 1
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 →