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James 1:20
For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
James 1:20 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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James 1:20 in other translations
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
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In context
17 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration.
18 For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creature.
19 You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger.
20 For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
21 Wherefore, casting away all uncleanness and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.
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