James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with ‖euill, neither tempteth he any man.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, euils.
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- James 1:12Rank 1 from verse 13
12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when hee is tried, hee shall receiue the crowne of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him.
- Habakkuk 2:12–13Rank 2 from verse 13
12¶ Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
12¶ *†Woe to him that buildeth a towne with blood, and stablisheth a citie by iniquitie.
13‖Behold, is it not of the LORD of hostes, that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shal wearie themselues for very vanitie?
- Romans 9:19–20Rank 4 from verse 13
19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
19Thou wilt say then vnto mee; Why doeth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20Nay but O man, who art thou that ‖repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, *Why hast thou made me thus?
- Genesis 3:12Rank 5 from verse 13
- Isaiah 63:17Rank 6 from verse 13
17¶ O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
17¶ O LORD, why hast thou made vs to erre from thy wayes? and hardened our heart from thy feare? Returne for thy seruants sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
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James 1:13
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.
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The one true God.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Is unable to; is not able to.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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1:13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
1:13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with ‖euill, neither tempteth he any man.
Selected passage1:14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
1:14But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away of his owne lust, and entised.
1:15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
1:15Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth forth sinne: and sinne, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
1:16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
1:16Doe not erre, my beloued brethren.
1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1:17Euery good gift, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, & commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whom is no variablenesse, neither shadow of turning.
1:18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1:18Of his owne will begate hee vs, with the word of Trueth, that wee should bee a kinde of first fruites of his creatures.