James 1:8
A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
In Context
7Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.
9Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:
Cross References
2 Kings 17:33They feared the Lord, but serued their gods after the maner of the nations whome they caryed thence.
Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord sayd, Because this people come neere vnto me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but haue remooued their heart farre from me, and their feare toward me was taught by the precept of men,
Hosea 10:2Their heart is deuided: nowe shall they be founde faultie: he shall breake downe their altars: he shall destroy their images.
Matthew 6:24No man can serue two masters: for eyther he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and riches.
2 Peter 2:14Hauing eyes full of adulterie, and that can not cease to sinne, beguiling vnstable soules: they haue heartes exercised with couetousnesse, they are the children of curse:
Matthew Henry on James 1:3-13
Necessity of Faith and Patience; Evil of Indecision. ( a. d. 61.) 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea… Read the whole commentary →