James: 2 (2/2)

Remember this, my beloved brethren: everyone should be quick to listen but… James 1:19

Remember this, my beloved brethren: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to anger.
James 1:19 speaking listening anger
Therefore, rid yourselves of everything sordid and of every wicked excess, and welcome in all humility the word that is implanted in you and is able to save your souls.
James 1:21 salvation Word of God evil

Be doers of the word and not just hearers who only deceive themselves.
James 1:22 obedience Word of God listening
However, the one who looks intently at the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard but putting it into practice—will be blessed in everything he does.
James 1:25 law blessing listening
If anyone thinks that he is religious but does not restrain his tongue, he is deceiving himself, and his religion is worthless.
James 1:26 speaking
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and undefiled is this: to come to the aid of orphans and widows in their hardships and to keep oneself untarnished by the world.
James 1:27 sin blameless widows

Bible verse of the day

However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, and considerate, full of mercy and good fruits, without any trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

James 3:17 honesty peace wisdom