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James 1:19
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James 1:19
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
19Wherefore my beloued brethren, let euery man bee swift to heare, slow to speake, slow to wrath.
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DEFINED WORDS
James 1:19
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
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To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
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Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The current of a stream. In domestic affairs, a reel or turning.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Not quick; taking time; delayed or reluctant.
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To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
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Intense anger or indignation; also judgment or punishment proceeding from such anger.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
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Open the full verse study23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
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Open the full verse study29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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Open the full verse study19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
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Open the full verse study13He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
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Open the full verse study3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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Open the full verse study26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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Open the full verse study32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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Open the full verse study8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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Open the full verse study18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
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Open the full verse study1KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
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Open the full verse study8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
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Open the full verse study31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
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Open the full verse study21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Open the full verse study2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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Open the full verse study15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
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Open the full verse study11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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Open the full verse study17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
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Open the full verse study28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
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Open the full verse study22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
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Open the full verse study14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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Open the full verse study32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
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Open the full verse study20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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Open the full verse study13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
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Open the full verse study11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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Open the full verse study17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
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Open the full verse study1MY brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
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Open the full verse study2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
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Open the full verse study19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
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Open the full verse study48And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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Open the full verse study12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
13¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
14And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
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Open the full verse study33Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
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Open the full verse study1THEN drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
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Open the full verse study2And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
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Open the full verse study21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
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Open the full verse study42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44¶ And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
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Open the full verse study42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
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Open the full verse study3And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.
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Open the full verse study48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
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Open the full verse study37David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
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Open the full verse study18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
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