James 3:18

And the fruit of rightwiseness is sown in peace, to men that make peace. (And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, by men who make peace.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17But wisdom that is from above, first it is chaste, afterward peaceable, mild (or meek and humble), able to be counselled [or persuadable], consenting to good things, full of mercy and of good fruits, deeming without feigning (or judging with sincerity).

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:28He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall; but just men shall burgeon as a green leaf (or but the righteous shall flourish like the green leaves).

Isaiah 32:16And doom shall dwell in wilderness, and rightfulness shall sit in Carmel; (And justice, or judgement, shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall be in the plentiful land;)

Amos 6:12Whether horses may run in stones, either it may be eared with wild oxen? For ye turned doom into bitterness, and the fruit of rightwiseness into wormwood. (Can horses run on stones, or can the sea be plowed with oxen? For ye turned justice into bitterness, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.)

John 4:36And he that reapeth taketh hire, and gathereth fruit into everlasting life, (or And he who harvesteth receiveth his wages, and gathereth crops for eternal life); (so) that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, have joy together.

Philippians 1:11[full-]filled with the fruit of rightwiseness by Jesus Christ, into the glory and praising of God. (filled full with the fruit of righteousness by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and the praising of God.)

James 1:20for the wrath of man worketh not the rightwiseness of God.

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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