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James 1:17

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Every 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.
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  1. John 3:27Rank 1 from verse 17
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    27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

  2. Matthew 7:11Rank 2 from verse 17
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    11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

  3. Hebrews 13:8Rank 3 from verse 17
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    8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

  4. John 8:12Rank 4 from verse 17
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    12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  5. Numbers 23:19Rank 5 from verse 17
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    19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

  6. Psalms 84:11Rank 6 from verse 17
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    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  7. 1 John 1:5Rank 7 from verse 17
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    5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

  8. Proverbs 2:6Rank 8 from verse 17
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    6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

  9. James 3:17Rank 9 from verse 17
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    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

  10. Ephesians 2:8Rank 10 from verse 17
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    8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

  11. Luke 11:13Rank 11 from verse 17
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    13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

  12. Malachi 3:6Rank 12 from verse 17
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    6For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

  13. Genesis 1:2–5Rank 13 from verse 17
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    2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

    4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

  14. Daniel 2:21–22Rank 14 from verse 17
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    21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

    22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

  15. Titus 3:3–5Rank 15 from verse 17
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    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

    4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

    5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

  16. 1 Corinthians 4:7Rank 16 from verse 17
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    7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

  17. John 1:9Rank 17 from verse 17
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    9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

  18. Genesis 1:14–15Rank 18 from verse 17
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    14¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

    15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  19. Ephesians 1:18Rank 19 from verse 17
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    18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  20. 1 John 4:10Rank 20 from verse 17
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    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  21. Revelation 21:23Rank 21 from verse 17
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    23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

  22. 1 Chronicles 22:12Rank 22 from verse 17
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    12Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.

  23. 2 Corinthians 4:6Rank 23 from verse 17
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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  24. Exodus 31:3–6Rank 24 from verse 17
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    3And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

    4To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

    5And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

    6And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

  25. 1 Corinthians 12:4–12Rank 25 from verse 17
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    4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

    5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

    6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

    7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

    8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

    9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

    10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

    11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

    12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

  26. 1 Samuel 15:29Rank 26 from verse 17
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    29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

  27. Isaiah 60:19Rank 27 from verse 17
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    19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

  28. James 1:5Rank 28 from verse 17
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    5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  29. 1 John 5:11–12Rank 29 from verse 17
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    11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

  30. Hebrews 1:11–12Rank 30 from verse 17
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    11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

    12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

  31. Revelation 22:5Rank 31 from verse 17
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    5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  32. Genesis 41:16Rank 32 from verse 17
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    16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

  33. Romans 12:6–8Rank 33 from verse 17
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    6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

    7Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

    8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

  34. 1 Chronicles 29:19Rank 34 from verse 17
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    19And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

  35. Daniel 2:27–30Rank 35 from verse 17
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    27Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

    28But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

    29As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

    30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

  36. Ephesians 4:8–11Rank 36 from verse 17
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    8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

    9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

    10He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

    11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

  37. Numbers 11:17Rank 37 from verse 17
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    17And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

  38. Romans 11:29–30Rank 38 from verse 17
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    29For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

    30For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

  39. Ephesians 2:3–5Rank 39 from verse 17
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    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

    4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

  40. Isaiah 45:7Rank 40 from verse 17
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    7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

  41. James 3:15Rank 41 from verse 17
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    15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

  42. Psalms 19:1–8Rank 42 from verse 17
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    1THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

    2Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

    3There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

    4Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

    5Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

    6His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

    7The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

    8The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

  43. Romans 6:23Rank 43 from verse 17
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    23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  44. Acts 11:18Rank 44 from verse 17
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    18When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

  45. Genesis 41:38–39Rank 45 from verse 17
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    38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

    39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

  46. Matthew 13:11–12Rank 46 from verse 17
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    11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

    12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

  47. Acts 5:31Rank 47 from verse 17
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    31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

  48. Exodus 4:11–12Rank 48 from verse 17
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    11And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

    12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

  49. Isaiah 46:10Rank 49 from verse 17
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    10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

  50. Numbers 11:25Rank 50 from verse 17
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    25And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

  51. Philippians 1:29Rank 51 from verse 17
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    29For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

  52. Psalms 122:6Rank 52 from verse 17
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    6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

  53. 2 Chronicles 1:11–12Rank 53 from verse 17
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    11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

    12Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

  54. Deuteronomy 4:19Rank 54 from verse 17
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    19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

  55. Exodus 36:1–2Rank 55 from verse 17
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    1THEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.

    2And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:

  56. Isaiah 28:26Rank 56 from verse 17
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    26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

  57. Matthew 11:25–26Rank 57 from verse 17
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    25¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

    26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

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James 1:17

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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gift

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Sense 1: Something given or bestowed; a present. Sense 2: An endowment or ability. Sense 3: A bribe.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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perfect

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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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neither

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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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shadow

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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.

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COMBINED MEANING

turning

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Moving or changing direction; a bend or corner; turning away is departure or removal, while turning something into another state is alteration or conversion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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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:

1:14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

1:15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

1:16Do not err, my beloved 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.

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1:18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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