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James 1:20

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For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

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  1. James 1:18

    Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

  2. James 1:19

    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

  3. James 1:21

    Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

  4. James 1:22

    But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.