James 1:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

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  • John 3:27 : 27 John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
  • Matt 7:11 : 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
  • Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 "For I, Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
  • John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
  • Ps 122:6 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
  • Prov 2:6 : 6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
  • Dan 2:21-22 : 21 He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding; 22 he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
  • Exod 31:3-6 : 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
  • Heb 1:11-12 : 11 They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does. 12 As a mantle you will roll them up, And they will be changed; But you are the same. Your years will not fail."
  • Titus 3:3-5 : 3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice{"atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation-- the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.} for our sins.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.
  • Num 11:17 : 17 I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
  • Gen 1:2-5 : 2 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
  • Gen 1:14-15 : 14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.
  • Gen 41:16 : 16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
  • 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
  • 1 Chr 22:12 : 12 May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.
  • 1 Chr 29:19 : 19 and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
  • Ps 19:1-8 : 1 > The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech, And night after night they display knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard. 4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, Like a strong man rejoicing to run his course. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, His circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat. 7 Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise the simple. 8 Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Dan 2:27-30 : 27 Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king; 28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these: 29 as for you, O king, your thoughts came [into your mind] on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen. 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

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