James 1:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:27 : 27 Hee that hath knowledge, spareth his wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.
  • Prov 21:23 : 23 He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shal be to him.
  • Prov 18:13 : 13 He that answereth a matter before hee heare it, it is folly and shame vnto him.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Bee angrie, but sinne not: let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath,
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now put ye away euen all these things, wrath, anger, maliciousnes, cursed speaking, filthie speaking, out of your mouth.
  • Eccl 5:1-3 : 1 (4:17) Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil. 2 (5:1) Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe. 3 (5:2) For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
  • Eccl 7:8-9 : 8 (7:10) The ende of a thing is better then the beginning thereof, and the pacient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit. 9 (7:11) Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitternesse, and anger, and wrath, crying, and euill speaking be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
  • Prov 19:11 : 11 The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.
  • Prov 25:28 : 28 A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a citie which is broken downe and without walles.
  • Col 3:15 : 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which ye are called in one body, and be ye thankfull.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say vnto you, whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly, shalbe culpable of iudgment; whosoeuer sayth vnto his brother, Raca, shalbe worthy to be punished by the Councill; whosoeuer shall say, Foole, shalbe worthy to be punished with hell fire.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.
  • Neh 9:17 : 17 But refused to obey, & would not remember thy marueilous works that thou haddest done for them, but hardened their neckes, and had in their heads to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: but thou, O God of mercies, gratious and full of compassion, of long suffring and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not.
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued the worde of God, which ye heard of vs, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in deede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleeue.
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 Then sent I for thee immediately, and thou hast well done to come. Nowe therefore are we all here present before God, to heare all things that are commanded thee of God.
  • Acts 17:11 : 11 These were also more noble men then they which were at Thessalonica, which receiued the woorde with all readinesse, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Acts 13:42-44 : 42 And when they were come out of the Synagogue of the Iewes, the Gentiles besought, that they woulde preach these woordes to them the next Sabbath day. 43 Nowe when the congregation was dissolued, many of the Iewes and Proselytes that feared God, followed Paul & Barnabas, which spake to them, and exhorted them to continue in the grace of God. 44 And ye next Sabbath day came almost the whole citie together, to heare the worde of God.
  • Mark 2:2 : 2 And anon, many gathered together, in so much that the places about the doore coulde not receiue any more and he preached the word vnto them.
  • Mark 12:37 : 37 Then Dauid himselfe calleth him Lord: by what meanes is he then his sonne? And much people heard him gladly.
  • Luke 19:48 : 48 But they could not finde what they might doe to him: for all the people hanged vpon him when they heard him.
  • Acts 2:42 : 42 And they continued in the Apostles doctrine, and fellowship, and breaking of bread, and prayers.
  • Prov 8:32-35 : 32 Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes. 33 Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not: 34 Blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, & giuing attendance at the postes of my doores. 35 For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shal obteine fauour of the Lord.
  • Neh 8:2-3 : 2 And Ezra the Priest brought the Lawe before the Congregation both of men and women, and of all that coulde heare and vnderstand it, in the first day of the seuenth moneth, 3 And he read therein in the streete that was before the watergate (from the morning vntill the midday) before men and women, and them that vnderstoode it, and the eares of all the people hearkened vnto the booke of the Lawe.
  • Neh 8:18 : 18 And he read in the booke of the Lawe of God euery day, from the first day vnto the last day; they kept the feast seuen dayes, and on the eight day a solemne assemblie, according vnto the maner.
  • Neh 9:3 : 3 And they stood vp in their place and read in the booke of the Lawe of the Lord their GOD foure times on the day, and they confessed and worshipped the Lord their God foure times.
  • Prov 19:19 : 19 A man of much anger shall suffer punishment: and though thou deliuer him, yet wil his anger come againe.
  • Jas 3:1-2 : 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receiue the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we sinne all. If any man sinne not in word, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.
  • 1 John 2:21 : 21 I haue not written vnto you, because ye knowe not the trueth: but because ye knowe it, and that no lie is of the trueth.
  • Neh 8:12-14 : 12 Then all the people went to eate and to drinke, and to send away part, and to make great ioy, because they had vnderstand the wordes that they had taught them. 13 And on the second day the chiefe fathers of all the people, the Priests and the Leuites were gathered vnto Ezra the scribe, that he also might instruct them in the wordes of the Lawe. 14 And they found written in the Law, (that the Lorde had commanded by Moses) that the children of Israel should dwel in boothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth,
  • Luke 15:1 : 1 Then resorted vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners, to heare him.
  • Acts 13:48 : 48 And when the Gentiles heard it, they were glad, and glorified the woorde of the Lorde: and as many as were ordeined vnto eternall life, beleeued.
  • Gal 5:20-21 : 20 Idolatrie, witchcraft, hatred, debate, emulations, wrath, contentions, seditions, heresies, 21 Enuie, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonie, and such like, whereof I tell you before, as I also haue tolde you before, that they which doe such things, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man amog you seeme religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion is vaine.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jas 1:20-23
    4 verses
    82%

    20For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.

    21Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.

    22And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.

    23For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.

  • Prov 14:29
    76%

    29He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.

  • Prov 15:1
    75%

    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

  • Prov 15:18
    74%

    18An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.

  • Eph 4:26
    74%

    26Bee angrie, but sinne not: let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath,

  • Jas 1:16-18
    3 verses
    74%

    16Erre not, my deare brethren.

    17Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.

    18Of his owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.

  • Eccl 7:9
    73%

    9(7:11) Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1(4:17) Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.

    2(5:1) Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • Jas 1:2-5
    4 verses
    72%

    2My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,

    3Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,

    4And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect & entier, lacking nothing.

    5If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.

  • Jas 3:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receiue the greater condemnation.

    2For in many things we sinne all. If any man sinne not in word, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.

  • 1 Pet 3:8-10
    3 verses
    72%

    8Finally, be ye all of one minde: one suffer with another: loue as brethren: bee pitifull: bee courteous,

    9Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

    10For if any man long after life, and to see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euill, and his lippes that they speake no guile.

  • Jas 5:9
    72%

    9Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore.

  • Jas 3:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Therewith blesse we God euen the Father, and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

    10Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

  • Jas 3:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Who is a wise man & endued with knowledge among you? let him shew by good conuersation his workes in meekenesse of wisdome.

    14But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth.

  • Prov 14:17
    71%

    17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • Eph 4:31
    71%

    31Let all bitternesse, and anger, and wrath, crying, and euill speaking be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.

  • Jude 1:17
    71%

    17But, yee beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Iesus Christ,

  • Jas 3:17
    71%

    17But the wisedome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easie to be intreated, full of mercie & good fruites, without iudging, and without hipocrisie.

  • Ps 37:8
    70%

    8Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.

  • Jas 5:12
    70%

    12But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.

  • Prov 10:19
    70%

    19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

  • Prov 16:32
    70%

    32He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.

  • Prov 19:11
    69%

    11The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.

  • Jas 5:19
    69%

    19Brethren, if any of you hath erred from the trueth, and some man hath conuerted him,

  • Prov 29:22
    69%

    22An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • 1 Cor 14:20
    69%

    20Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
    69%

    17And if ye call him Father, which without respect of person iudgeth according to euery mans woorke, passe the time of your dwelling here in feare,

  • Jas 4:11
    69%

    11Speake not euill one of another, brethren. He that speaketh euill of his brother, or he that condemneth his brother, speaketh euill of ye Law, and condemneth the Lawe: and if thou condemnest the Lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the Lawe, but a iudge.

  • Jas 1:26
    69%

    26If any man amog you seeme religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion is vaine.

  • Prov 29:20
    69%

    20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

  • Titus 3:2
    69%

    2That they speake euill of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, shewing all meekenesse vnto all men.

  • Prov 17:27
    68%

    27Hee that hath knowledge, spareth his wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit.

  • Eph 5:6
    68%

    6Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for, for such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.

  • Col 3:8
    68%

    8But now put ye away euen all these things, wrath, anger, maliciousnes, cursed speaking, filthie speaking, out of your mouth.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
    68%

    22Hauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

  • Col 4:6
    68%

    6Let your speach be gracious alwayes, and powdred with salt, that ye may know how to answere euery man.