James 1:8

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since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 Elijah approached all the people and said,“How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the LORD is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 The Lord says,“These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.

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    5But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

    6But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

    7For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

  • Jas 4:8
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    8Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

  • Jas 1:22-26
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    22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

    23For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

    24For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.

    25But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.

    26If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

  • Prov 12:8
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    8A person will be praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one with a bewildered mind will be despised.

  • Jas 1:9
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    9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

  • Jas 3:10-11
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    10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

    11A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?

  • Titus 1:15
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    15All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

  • Job 17:8
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    8Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.

  • Jas 1:16-17
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    16Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.

    17All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

  • Jas 3:13-17
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    13True Wisdom Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

    14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

    15Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.

    16For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

    17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

  • Matt 6:24
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    24“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

  • Prov 16:2-3
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    2All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

    3Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be established.

  • Jas 1:12-14
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    12Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

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    14But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

  • Prov 4:26
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    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

  • Prov 2:15
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    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

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    2For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

  • Isa 57:20
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    20But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

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    8But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • 2 Cor 8:12
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    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

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    3For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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    6He says to himself,“I will never be shaken, because I experience no calamity.”

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    36to defraud a person in a lawsuit– the Lord does not approve of such things!

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    19Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

  • Prov 16:28
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    28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

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    19Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

    20For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.

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    15Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

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    2Joy in Trials My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,