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James 1:20
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for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousnesse of God.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
for a man's anger does not bring about the righteousness of God.
because anger will not help you live the right kind of life God wants.
for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
for man's anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
If you are angry, you cannot do any of the good things that God wants done.
for a person's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness!
for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.
Anger does not help you live the way God wants.
For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.
For the wrath of man does not bring about the righteousness of God.
Human anger does not achieve God's righteous purpose.
for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man does not work out the righteousness of God.
for the [resentful, deep-seated] anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God [that standard of behavior which He requires from us].
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
For human anger does not produce God's righteousness.
for the wrath of man the righteousness of Aloha worketh not.
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
For a man's anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous.
for the wraththe of man worchith not the riytwisnesse of God.
for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.
for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
A man's anger does not allow him to be right with God.
for your anger does not produce God's righteousness.
For, man's anger, worketh not, God's righteousness.
For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.
for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;
For the wrath of ma worketh not that which is righteous before God.
for he that is not dispassionate is a stranger to the practice of true virtue.
Livin' and ridin' right don't include a quick fuse or sharp tongue.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
James 3:17, James 3:18, Numbers 20:11, Numbers 20:12, 2 Timothy 2:24, 2 Timothy 2:25
Reciprocal: Genesis 31:36 - was wroth Joshua 7:19 - My son Judges 8:2 - What 1 Samuel 20:30 - Saul's 1 Samuel 25:13 - Gird ye 2 Samuel 19:43 - the words 1 Kings 6:7 - neither hammer Psalms 37:8 - Cease Proverbs 15:18 - he Proverbs 17:19 - loveth Ecclesiastes 9:17 - General Joel 2:13 - slow Jonah 4:4 - Doest thou well to be angry Matthew 5:9 - are Mark 9:50 - have peace Luke 9:54 - wilt Philippians 2:14 - disputings Colossians 3:8 - anger Titus 1:7 - not soon Titus 3:2 - gentle Hebrews 11:25 - Choosing
Cross-References
And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which [were] vnder the firmament, and the waters that [were] aboue the firmament: and it was so.
And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.
And God blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie in the earth.
And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde, cattell, worme, and beastes of the earth after his kynde: and it was so.
God made the beast of the earth after his kynde, and cattell after his kynde, and euery thyng that creepeth vpon the earth after his kynde: and God sawe that it was good.
To euery beast of the earth also, and to euery birde of the aire, and to euery such thing that creepeth vpon ye earth, which doth liue, I haue geuen euery greene hearbe for meate: and it was so.
And so out of the grounde the Lorde God had shapen euery beast of the field, and euery foule of the ayre, and brought it vnto man, that he myght see howe he woulde call it. For lykewyse as man hym selfe named euery lyuyng thyng, euen so was the name therof.
And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth.
And he spake of trees, euen from the Cedar tree that groweth in Libanon, vnto the Isope that springeth out of the wall: He spake also of beastes, of foules, of wormes, and of fishes.
Beastes and all cattell: wormes and fethered foules.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. This is so far from engaging persons to do that which is right and acceptable in the sight of God, that it puts them upon doing that which is evil. The Alexandrian copy reads, "with the wrath of men do not work the righteousness of God"; do not attend upon the word and ordinances of God with a wrathful spirit. Compare, with this, 1 Timothy 2:8.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God - Does not produce in the life that righteousness which God requires. Its tendency is not to incline us to keep the law, but to break it; not to induce us to embrace the truth, but the opposite. The meaning of this passage is not that our wrath will make God either more or less righteous; but that its tendency is not to produce that upright course of life, and love of truth, which God requires. A man is never sure of doing right under the influence of excited feelings; he may do that which is in the highest sense wrong, and which he will regret all his life. The particular meaning of this passage is, that wrath in the mind of man will not have any tendency to make him righteous. It is only that candid state of mind which will lead him to embrace the truth which can be hoped to have such an effect.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 20. The wrath of man — A furious zeal in matters of religion is detestable in the sight of God; he will have no sacrifice that is not consumed by fire from his own altar. The zeal that made the Papists persecute and burn the Protestants, was kindled in hell. This was the wrath of man, and did not work any righteous act for God; nor was it the means of working righteousness in others; the bad fruit of a bad tree. And do they still vindicate these cruelties? Yes: for still they maintain that no faith is to be kept with heretics, and they acknowledge the inquisition.
