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James 1:19
You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;
James 1:19 · Bible in Basic English
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James 1:19 in other translations
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
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In context
16 Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.
17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;
20 For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
21 For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
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