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James 1:20
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for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.
for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.
for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.
Anger does not help you live the way God wants.
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 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 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 righteousnesse of God.
For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
For the wrath of man does not work out 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 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.
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 wrath of man does not bring about the righteousness of God.
Human anger does not achieve God's righteous purpose.
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 worketh not the righteousness 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 man does not work the righteousness of God.
for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;
For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
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.
A man's anger does not allow him to be right with God.
Livin' and ridin' right don't include a quick fuse or sharp tongue.
for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
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 divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
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.
