1 Corinthians 13:5
It doeth no vncomely thing: it seeketh not her owne things: it is not prouoked to anger: it thinketh not euill:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
In Context
6It reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth:
Cross References
Numbers 12:3(But Moses was a verie meeke man, aboue all the men that were vpon the earth)
Numbers 20:10And Moses and Aaron gathered the Congregation together before the rocke, and Moses sayd vnto them, Heare nowe, ye rebels: shall we bring you water out of this rocke?
2 Samuel 10:3And the princes of the children of Ammon sayde vnto Hanun their lorde, Thinkest thou that Dauid doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters to thee? hath not Dauid rather sent his seruants vnto thee, to search the citie, and to spie it out, and to ouerthrow it?
Psalms 106:32They angred him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was punished for their sakes,
Isaiah 3:5The people shalbe oppressed one of another, and euery one by his neighbour: the children shall presume against the ancient, and the vile against the honourable.
Jeremiah 18:18Then sayde they, Come, and let vs imagine some deuice against Ieremiah: for the Lawe shall not perish from the Priest, nor counsell from the wise, nor the worde from the Prophet: come, and let vs smite him with the tongue, and let vs not giue heede to any of his words.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:5-8
Charity Described. ( a. d. 57.) 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. The apostle gives us in these verses some of the properties and effects of charity, both to describe and commend it, that we may know whether… Read the whole commentary →