James 1:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde.

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  • Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amisse, euen to consume it vpon your lustes.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse?
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you holde out your handes, I wyll turne myne eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, yet I wyll heare nothyng at all, seyng your handes are full of blood.
  • Isa 58:3-4 : 3 Wherefore fast we say they and thou seest it not? we put our liues to straitnesse, and thou regardest it not? 4 Beholde, when ye fast, your lust remayneth still, for ye do no lesse violence to your detters: lo, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with your fist without mercy: Nowe ye shall not fast thus, that your voyce might be hearde aboue.

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  • Jas 1:4-6
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    4And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect & sounde, lackyng nothyng.

    5If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym.

    6But let hym aske in fayth, nothyng waueryng: For he that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the wynde, and caryed with violence.

  • 8A double mynded man, is vnstable in all his wayes.

  • Jas 1:12-13
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    72%

    12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: For when he is tryed, he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym.

    13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God can not be tempted with euyl, neither tempteth he any man:

  • 3For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat, when he is nothyng, the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie.

  • Jas 4:2-3
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    2Ye lust, and haue not: Ye enuie, and haue indignation, and can not obtayne: Ye fyght and warre, ye haue not, because ye aske not.

    3Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amisse, euen to consume it vpon your lustes.

  • 20For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.

  • 27Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen.

  • Jas 1:16-17
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    16Do not erre my deare brethren.

    17Euery good geuyng, and euery perfect gyft is from aboue, and cometh downe from the father of lyghtes, with who is no variablenes, neither shadow of turnyng.

  • 1Iudge not, that ye be not iudged.

  • Jer 17:5-6
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    5Thus saith the Lorde, Cursed be the man that putteth his trust in man, and that taketh fleshe for his arme, and he whose heart departeth from the Lord.

    6He shalbe like the heath that groweth in wildernesse: As for the good thyng that is for to come, he shall not see it, but dwell in a drye place of the wildernesse, in a salt and vnoccupied lande.

  • 12Wherfore, let hym that thynketh he standeth, take heede lest he fall.

  • Jas 1:22-24
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    22And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues.

    23For yf any be a hearer of the worde, and not a doer, he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse:

    24For he hath considered hym selfe, and is gone his wayes, & hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was.

  • 7Be not deceaued, God is not mocked: For whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape.

  • Matt 7:7-8
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    7Aske, and it shalbe geuen you: seke, and ye shall fynde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

    8For he that asketh, receaueth: and he that seketh, fyndeth: and to hym that knocketh, it shalbe opened.

  • 24Therfore I say vnto you, what thynges so euer ye desyre when ye pray, beleue that ye receaue them, & ye shall haue them.

  • 22And all thynges, whatsoeuer ye aske in prayer, beleuyng, ye shall receaue them.

  • 25For vnto hym that hath, shall it be geuen: and from hym that hath not, shalbe taken away, euen that which he hath.

  • 7For who seperateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receaued? If thou haue receaued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receaued it?

  • 6Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes: For, because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience.

  • 12For if there be first a wyllyng mynde, it is accepted accordyng to that a man hath, and not accordyng to that he hath not.

  • Jas 4:6-8
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    6But the scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace vnto ye lowlie.

    7Submit your selues therfore to God: but resist the deuyll, and he wyll flee from you.

    8Drawe nye to God, and he wyll drawe nye to you. Clense your handes ye sinners, and purifie your heartes ye double mynded.

  • 20But wylt thou knowe, O thou vayne man, that that fayth which is without workes, is dead?

  • Matt 6:7-8
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    7But when ye pray, babble not much, as the heathen do. For they thynke it wyl come to passe, that they shalbe heard, for theyr much bablinges sake.

    8Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them. For your father knoweth, what thynges ye haue nede of, before ye aske of hym.

  • 7Be patient therfore brethren, vnto the commyng of the Lorde. Beholde, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience thervpon, vntill he receaue the early and the later rayne.

  • 36To condemne a man in his cause: the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges.

  • 9Grudge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be dampned: Beholde, the iudge standeth before the doore.

  • 31He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie, and yet vanitie shalbe his recompence.

  • 12But aboue all thynges my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by earth, neither any other othe: Let your yea, be yea, and your nay nay, lest you fall into condempnation.

  • 10Or yf he aske fyshe, wyll he geue hym a serpent?

  • 7So that ye are destitute of no gyft, wayting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christe,

  • 1Take heede to your almes, that ye geue it not in the sight of men, to the intente that ye woulde be sene of the, or els ye haue no rewarde of your father, which is in heauen.

  • 29And aske not ye what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drynke, neither be ye of doubtfull mynde:

  • 10Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be.

  • 8Loke on your selues, that we loose not that we haue wrought: but that we may haue a full rewarde.

  • 11Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.

  • 26If any man among you seeme to be deuout, and refrayneth not his tongue, but deceaueth his owne heart, this mans deuotion is vayne.

  • 6But without fayth it is vnpossible to please hym: For he that cometh to God, must beleue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him.

  • 20For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not.