Popular Bible Verses from James 3

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But the wisdom from above is pure first of all; it is also peaceful, gentle, and friendly; it is full of compassion and produces a harvest of good deeds; it is free from prejudice and hypocrisy.

Are there people among you who are wise and understanding? They are to prove it by their good lives, by their good deeds performed with humility and wisdom.

And goodness is the harvest that is produced from the seeds the peacemakers plant in peace.

Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.

We use it to give thanks to our Lord and Father and also to curse other people, who are created in the likeness of God. Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, this should not happen!

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.

But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison.

My brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers. As you know, we teachers will be judged with greater strictness than others.