James 3:18

And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

In Context

17The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceful, courteous, not self-willed, full of compassion and kind actions, free from favouritism and from all insincerity.

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Cross References

John 4:36The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.

Philippians 1:11being filled with these fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ-- to the glory and praise of God.

James 1:20For a man's anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous.

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 →

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