James 1:19,26
James 1:19-21 The Message (MSG)
Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. God’s righteousness doesn’t grow from human anger. So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.
James 1:26-27 The Message (MSG)
Anyone who sets himself up as “religious” by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.
James 1:19 King James Version (KJV)
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath
James 1:26 King James Version (KJV)
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
James 1:19 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger
James 1:26 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
James 1:19 New Century Version (NCV)
My dear brothers and sisters, always be willing to listen and slow to speak. Do not become angry easily
James 1:26 New Century Version (NCV)
People who think they are religious but say things they should not say are just fooling themselves. Their “religion” is worth nothing.
James 1:19 American Standard Version (ASV)
Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath
James 1:26 American Standard Version (ASV)
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
James 1:19 New International Version (NIV)
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry
James 1:26 New International Version (NIV)
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
James 1:19 New King James Version (NKJV)
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath
James 1:26 New King James Version (NKJV)
If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
James 1:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let everyone be quick to hear [be a careful, thoughtful listener], slow to speak [a speaker of carefully chosen words and], slow to anger [patient, reflective, forgiving]
James 1:26 Amplified Bible (AMP)
If anyone thinks himself to be religious [scrupulously observant of the rituals of his faith], and does not control his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless (futile, barren).
James 1:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
James 1:26 New Living Translation (NLT)
If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
James 1:19 The Passion Translation (TPT)
My dearest brothers and sisters, take this to heart: Be quick to listen, but slow to speak. And be slow to become angry
James (Jacob) 1:26 The Passion Translation (TPT)
If someone believes they have a relationship with God but fails to guard his words then his heart is drifting away and his religion is shallow and empty.
James 1:19 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger
