Gewilde Bybelverse vanaf James 3

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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.