James 3
Treated in 24 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 3:2 For all of us stumble in many ways. Anyone who does not stumble in what they say is a perfect person, able to keep the whole body in check as well. 9
- 3:17 But the wisdom from above is, first of all, pure. It also makes for peace; it is gentle and willing to yield; it is full of mercy and of good fruits; it plays no favorites, and it is free of pretense. 7
- 3:15 This is not the kind of wisdom that comes down from above; it belongs to the earth, to mere human nature, and to demons. 2
- 3:16 Wherever jealousy and selfish ambition are found, disorder follows, and every kind of evil deed. 2
- 3:3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we steer their whole body as well. 1
- 3:5 In the same way the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Look how small a flame can set so large a forest on fire! 1
- 3:8 But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 1
- 3:9 With the tongue we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in the likeness of God. 1
- 3:10 Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it must not be this way. 1
- 3:14 But if bitter jealousy and selfish ambition fill your hearts, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth. 1
- 3:18 Those who make peace sow their seed in peace, and the fruit it yields is righteousness. 1
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Where it is preached
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Controversy cites James 3:2
…who will quote the Scriptures as their grounds for ‘faith.’ For example, I heard James 3:2 being taught on my television just this past week. “The letter of James declares that if…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites James 3:17
…as “pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits” (James 3:17, ASV). “Easy to be entreated” is an excellent test of spiritual maturity. Can we be…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Walk: Christ Lived Through Us cites James 3:2
…stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also” (James 3:2, ASV). The spiritual person is tested in speech. Nee's own forceful style influenced…
- The Key Teachings of G. K. Chesterton ·
Introduction cites JAMES 3:10
…same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. JAMES 3:10 None of these points is raised to diminish him. They are raised because a fair companion…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.3 The Third Commandment cites James 3: 8
…sin, as every branch of wormwood is bitter; ‘but the tongue is full of deadly poison.’ James 3: 8. There is no one member of the body breaks forth more in God’s dishonour than the tongue.…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites James 3:17
…to abuse. James says wisdom from above is “gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy” (James 3:17, ASV). A person who cannot be corrected may be gifted but remains hard. A leader who…
- Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 3 ·
Day 13 — A Tiny Spark cites James 3:3–5
…but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.” — James 3:3–5 (BSB) A horse weighs over a thousand pounds. It’s big and strong enough to throw you off…
- Godliness ·
Love and Rebuke cites James 3:17
…peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.” James 3:17 Notice that it is first pure, then peaceable . I would rather live in continual conflict…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
Is It Wrong to Swear? cites James 3:9–10
…we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness... My brothers, this should not be!” (James 3:9–10). The same mouth that sings in church shouldn’t be used to rip into people on the bus.…
- The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth ·
Love and Rebuke cites JAMES 3:17
…be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. JAMES 3:17 Weighing it This is some of the most needed teaching in her books, and some of the most…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
Peace Among Christians cites JAMES 3:17
…be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. JAMES 3:17 Note the order. Pure first — peace is not bought by abandoning truth — and then…
- The Life and Diary of David Brainerd (For Teens) ·
One Careless Sentence cites James 3:5
…member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!” — James 3:5 (KJV) That autumn Brainerd went to Yale College to train as a minister. It was an…
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites James 3: 2
…but does daily break them, in thought, word, and deed. ‘In many things we offend all.’ James 3: 2. Man in his primitive state of innocence, was endowed with ability to keep the whole…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
Is It Wrong to Be Ambitious? cites James 3:16
…jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice” (James 3:16). The very first big building project in the Bible was driven by this. The people of…
- With and Without Christ ·
The Inner Life cites James iii. 15
…them unhappy, instead of destroying their lives. Such is the philosophy of the world (James iii. 15). Although some, who are tired of this life on account of its struggles and anxieties…
- The Way Into the Holiest ·
The Ideal Life cites James iii. 18
…in the bond of peace (Eph. iv. 3). He will sow harvests of peace as he makes peace (James iii. 18). All his epistles, like those of the great Apostle, will breathe benedictions of peace…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Original, Nature, Property, and Use of the Law cites Jas. 3.17
…from above” (which is no other than this law, written in our heart) “is first pure” (Jas. 3.17;) agne, — chaste, spotless; eternally and essentially holy. And, consequently, when it is…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Christian Perfection cites Jas. 3:2
…not St. James directly contradict this? His words are, ‘In many things we offend all, (Jas. 3:2:) And is not offending the same as committing sin?” In this place, I allow it is: I allow…
- Holiness ·
Holiness cites James iii. 2
…and the spirit against the flesh, and “in many things they offend all.” (Gal. v. 17; James iii. 2.) But still, for all this, I am sure that to have such a character as I have faintly…
- Holiness ·
The Ruler of the Waves cites James iii. 2
…faith, and yet not have it always close at hand, and ready to be used. (Eccles. vii. 20; James iii. 2.) Abraham was the father of the faithful. By faith he forsook his country and his…
- Old Paths ·
Our Sins! cites James iii. 2
…we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (James iii. 2; Rom. iii. 10; v. 12; 1 John i. 8.) It is useless to deny it. We have all sinned many…
- Old Paths ·
Forgiveness cites James iii. 2
…not.” (Eccles. vii. 20.) “In many things,” says the apostle James, “we offend all.” (James iii. 2.) And what is the best action that is ever done by the very best of Christians? What is…
- Knots Untied ·
Regeneration cites James iii. 2
…his words and actions. He knows, as St. James says, that “in many things we offend all.” (James iii. 2.) But he can say truly, and as in the sight of God, that these things are a daily grief…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites James 3:14-17
…themselves, and lie against the truth, in professing to be Christians, when they are not, James 3:14-17: “If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not; and lie not against the…